Dana Dabelea is the Conrad M. Riley Distinguished Professor of epidemiology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
She is known for her work on how both internal and external factors can influence how diabetes and obesity develops within individuals.
She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in diabetes epidemiology and field studies at the National Institutes of Health in Phoenix, Arizona.
[1] Dabelea joined the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 2001 and was promoted to full professor in 2011.
[1][2] Other honors include the Elizabeth Gee Memorial Lectureship Award from the University of Colorado and the American Diabetes Association Kelly West Award, both presented in 2017[3][4] Dabelea is known for her work on pediatric obesity, diabetes, life course epidemiology, and Native American health.