CURRICULUM VITAE

DRA: LYDIA AGUILAR-BRYAN

POSITION TITLE: Professor of Medicine

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION / DEGREE / YEAR(s) / FIELD OF STUDY
School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City / M. D. / 1975 / Medicine
School of Public Health, Univ. of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston / Ph. D. / 1985 / Epidemiology

Professional Experience:

1969-1975: Medical Student, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City.

1976-1979: Residency in Clinical Genetics, Department of Genetics, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición, Mexico City.

1979-1985: Graduate Student in Genetic Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston.

1985-1986: Research Associate, Institute for Biomed. Research, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México.

1986-1987: Head of the Diabetes Program at the Mexican Foundation for Health.

1987-1988: Research Associate, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

1989-1993: Post-Doctoral and Advanced Fellow, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

1994  Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology.

1994-2006: Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology

2007: Professor, University of Washington, Senior Investigator, PNRI

Awards and Honors:

1988-1990: Recipient of a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, for "Preparation and Characterization of a High Specific Activity Sulfonylurea"

1991-1994: Career Development Award, for "Genetics of the Sulfonylurea Receptor"

1995-1997: Houston Endowment Grant, for "Sulfonylurea receptors and insulin secretion"

1995-1997: American Diabetes Association Research Grant, for "Mutations in the sulfonylurea receptor and PHHI"

1996: Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., Excellence in Research Award

1998: T. Chao Scholar Award

2001-2006: Member of the NIH Network Minority Research Investigators Committee NIH Special Emphasis Panel(s)

2003-2005: Member of the NIH Metabolism Study Section

2004-2007: Medical Scientific Review Committee for JDRF

2005-2006: Scientific Reviewer for the Islet Cell Resource Center, Human Islet Program

2007-2010: Member of the Scientific External Committee of the Spanish Network in Diabetes and Related Metabolic Diseases (REDIMET)

2008-2010: Endocrine Society, Annual Meeting Steering Committee