Rate My Professor Dana Dabelea

Dabelea's research focuses on lifecourse epidemiology of adiposity and diabetes, pediatric obesity, type 1 and type 2 diabetes in youth, diabetes prevention, Native American health, and intrauterine exposures. As principal investigator for major NIH-funded studies including SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth, Healthy Start Study, and Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes, her work examines diabetes incidence, progression, complications, and early risk factors. Key publications include "Incidence Trends of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes among Youths, 2002–2012" (New England Journal of Medicine, 2017), "Association of Type 1 Diabetes vs Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosed during Childhood and Adolescence with Complications during Teenage Years and Young Adulthood" (JAMA, 2017), "Association of Intrauterine Exposure to Maternal Diabetes and Obesity with Type 2 Diabetes in Youth: The SEARCH Case-Control Study" (Diabetes Care, 2008), and "Increasing Prevalence of Type II Diabetes in American Indian Children" (Diabetologia, 1998). She has received the Kelly West Award in Diabetes Epidemiology (American Diabetes Association, 2017), Elizabeth Gee Memorial Award (University of Colorado, 2017), Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Lectureship Award (2024), Graduate School Mentoring Award (2014), and Excellence in Faculty Research (2010). Dabelea has contributed to scientific committees for the American Diabetes Association and editorial roles, enhancing diabetes epidemiology.