Jennifer H Stern, PhD

Assistant Professor, BIO5 Institute
Assistant Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Assistant Professor, Physiology
Member of the Graduate Faculty

UAHS 6112 | Lab ? UAHS 5130

(520) 626-5842
jhstern@arizona.edu

Dr. Jennifer Stern joined the faculty at the University Of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson in the fall of 2018. She serves as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, with joint-appointments in the Department of Physiology and BIO5 Institute. Dr. Stern earned her bachelor's degree in Communication Studies from Northwestern University and a master's degree in Nutrition from Arizona State University before completing her doctorate in Nutritional Biology from the University of California, Davis in 2012.

Dr. Stern completed her postdoctoral training with National Institutes of Health funding as an R25 Cancer Prevention and Control Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Arizona Cancer Center (2012-14), and at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center as a T32 Postdoctoral Fellow (2014-15), F32 Postdoctoral Fellow (2015-17), and K99 Postdoctoral Fellow (2017-18).

Degree(s)

  • PhD (Nutritional Biology): University of California, Davis, 2012
  • MS (Human Nutrition): Arizona State University, Tempe, 2007
  • BS (Communication Studies): Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 2000
Honors and Awards
NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F-32), 2015-17
UT Southwestern Institutional Training Grant (T-32), 2014-15
NIH R25 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Prevention and Control, 2012-14
Max Kleiber Graduate Research Prize in Metabolism and Nutrition Nominee, UC Davis, Davis, Calif., 2012
Peter J. Shields and Henry A. Jastro Research Fellowship, UC Davis, Davis, Calif., 2009-11
USDA Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grant, UC Davis, Davis, Calif., 2007-10
Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award Nominee, UC Davis, Davis, Calif., 2007 and 2008
Nutritional Biology Graduate Group Block Grant, UC Davis, Davis, Calif., 2007-08
Fellowship
K99 Postdoctoral Fellow - UT Southwestern, Touchstone Diabetes Center (2017-18)
F32 Postdoctoral Fellow - UT Southwestern, Touchstone Diabetes Center (2015-17)
T32 Postdoctoral Fellow - UT Southwestern, Touchstone Diabetes Center (2014-15)
R25 Postdoctoral Fellow - University of Arizona Cancer Center (2012-14)