Dawn Coletta

Associate Professor, Medicine

Associate Professor

Associate Professor, Physiological Sciences - GIDP

Member of the Graduate Faculty

Dr. Coletta is an Associate Professor in the College of Medicine at University of Arizona.  She has a shared appointment between the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and the Department of Physiology.  In addition, Dr. Coletta is an Associate Professor in the Center for Disparities in Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism.  She joined the University of Arizona in August 2016.  Prior to joining the University of Arizona, Dr. Coletta was an Assistant Professor in the Center for Metabolic and Vascular Biology (CMVB) at Arizona State University (ASU), and prior to that an Assistant Professor in the Diabetes Division in the Department of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA). Dr. Coletta completed her Ph.D. degree at Aston University in Birmingham, England.  She completed her postdoctoral training at the Diabetes Division in the Department of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA).   Dr. Coletta is an independent and highly productive scientist studying the molecular basis, genetics and epigenetics of insulin resistance. Dr. Coletta's work has been published in journals such as Diabetes, Diabetologia, Epigenetics, Obesity, Pediatric Obesity, Human Heredity, PLoS One, The Journal of Biological Chemistry and Clincal Epigenetics. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, American Diabetes Association and American Heart Association.  Dr. Coletta has been actively teaching for over 15 years.  She has been involved in curriculum development, directing and lecturing multiple courses, and mentoring students both in the classroom and laboratory.  Moreover, Dr. Coletta maintains a high level of service to the universities and to her field.

Offering Research Opportunities?

Yes

Prerequisite Courses

None

Majors Considered

Physiology Nutritional Sciences Molecular and Cellular Biology

Types of Opportunities

Description of Opportunity

No description given

Start Date

January 2022

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