Janet Snell-Bergeon, PhD
Primary Appointment: Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Epidemiology
Co-Head of Clinical Epidemiology
My
primary area of interest is complications of type 1 diabetes. As an
investigator and current PI of the Coronary Artery Calcification in Type 1
Diabetes (CACTI) Study, I have contributed to understanding the mechanisms
through which hyperglycemia and insulin resistance increase cardiovascular risk
in type 1 diabetes. I have examined insulin resistance in women with type 1
diabetes in relationship with measures of arterial stiffness in an American
Diabetes Association Junior Faculty Award grant. Through an American Diabetes Association
Career Development Award, I am examining the effects of estrogens on vascular
health. I am a co-investigator on a genome wide study of genes associated with
diabetic kidney disease and the Diabetes Autoimmunity Study in the Young
(DAISY) and have contributed to papers with The Environmental Determinants of
Type 1 Diabetes (TEDDY) and SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth multi-center studies.
She leads, with Dr. Klingensmith, the BDC Faculty Development Committee.
Publications
Education:
PhD: University of Colorado, Denver (2007)
Fellowships: University
of Colorado, Denver (2009)