Faculty

Philipp Scherer, Ph.D.
Professor
Gifford O. Touchstone Jr. and Randolph G. Touchstone Distinguished Chair in Diabetes Research
Departments of Internal Medicine and Cell Biology
Director, Touchstone Diabetes Center

Aktar Ali, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Touchstone Diabetes Center

Deborah J. Clegg, R.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Touchstone Diabetes Center and Center for Human Nutrition

Ruth Gordillo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Touchstone Diabetes Center

Young Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Touchstone Diabetes Center

May-Yun Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Touchstone Diabetes Center

Roger Unger, M.D.
Professor
Touchstone Diabetes Center

Rana Gupta, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Touchstone Diabetes Center

Jaime Davidson, M.D., FACP, MACE
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Touchstone Diabetes Center

Instructors

William Holland, Ph.D.
Instructor
Touchstone Diabetes Center

Assistant Instructors

Christine Kusminski, Ph.D.
Assistant Instructor
Touchstone Diabetes Center 

Jiyoung Park, Ph.D.
Assistant Instructor
Touchstone Diabetes Center

Kai Sun, Ph.D.
Assistant Instructor
Touchstone Diabetes Center

Eva Ingrid Marie Wernstedt Asterholm, Ph.D.
Assistant Instructor
Touchstone Diabetes Center

Secondary Appointments in Touchstone Diabetes Center

Joel K. Elmquist D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor
Maclin Family Distinguished Professor in Medical Science, in Honor of Dr. Roy A. Brinkley
Carl H. Westcott Distinguished Chair in Medical Research
Departments of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology
Director, Division of Hypothalamic Research

Olga Gupta, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine 

Jay D. Horton, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Genetics

Joyce Repa, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology

Philip Raskin, M.D.
Professor
Department of Endocrinology

Michael Roth, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry
Interim Dean, Southwestern Graduate School
Diane and Hal Brierley Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Research