Currently, Dr. Shulman is professor of medicine and cellular & molecular physiology at Yale University and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. Dr. Shulman completed his B.S. at the University of Michigan, and his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees at Wayne State University.
Dr. Shulman's research is to elucidate the molecular mechanism(s) behind the insulin resistance which occurs in patients with type 2 diabetes in the hope that this will enable the rational development of new therapeutic agents to reverse this pathologic condition as well assist with identification of candidate genes which make individuals prone to the disease.
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