Anna L Gloyn FMedSci is a

geneticist A geneticist is a biologist or physician who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms. A geneticist can be employed as a scientist or a lecturer. Geneticists may perform general research on genetic process ...

, who is Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology) and Genetics at

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. She was the recipient of the

Minkowski Prize The Minkowski Prize is given by the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in recognition to research which has been carried out by a person normally residing in Europe, as manifested by publications which contribute to the advancem ...

in 2014 for her research into causal mechanisms of

diabetes Diabetes mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels. Diabetes is due to either the pancreas not producing enough of the hormone insulin, or the cells of th ...

pathogenesis. Her work has contributed to improved treatment options for people with rare forms of diabetes and helped advance our understanding of type 2 diabetes.

Education

Gloyn studied for a BSc in Medical Biochemistry at the

University of Surrey The University of Surrey is a public research university in Guildford, Surrey, England. The university received its Royal Charter, royal charter in 1966, along with a Plate glass university, number of other institutions following recommendations ...

. This was followed by a DPhil on the Molecular Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes at Green College at the

University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...

, supervised by Professor Robert Turner. She worked at the

University of Exeter The University of Exeter is a research university in the West Country of England, with its main campus in Exeter, Devon. Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Art, and the Camborne School of ...

for her post-doctoral training, supervised by Professors Andrew Hattersley & Sian Ellard, as well as Professor

Franz M. Matschinsky Franz Maximilian Matschinsky (July 17, 1931 – March 31, 2022) was a German-American medical doctor, pharmacologist, and biochemist. He conducted research in the field of insulin secretion and diabetes therapy. Life Franz M. Matschinsky was bor ...

at the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

Career

In 2004, Gloyn returned to the University of Oxford funded by a Diabetes UK RD Lawrence Career Development Fellowship to establish a research group to examine "beta-cell function through the investigation of genetic variants causally implicated in monogenic diabetes". In 2011 she was awarded a Wellcome Senior Fellowship in Basic Biomedical Science to continue her research. This was renewed in 2016. Her research has focused on how human genetic variants can be used as tools to examine how insulin secretion and action are regulated. In 2014 she was awarded the

. The same year she was promoted to Professor of Molecular Genetics & Metabolism. In 2020, Gloyn was appointed Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology) and, by courtesy, of Genetics, at

. This appointment enabled the movement of her research group to Stanford where it now runs as the Translational Genomics of Diabetes Lab. Gloyn is a founding member of the International Common Disease Alliance (ICDA). She is also a member of the executive committee of the Atlas of Variant Effects Alliance.

Awards

European Association for the Study of Diabetes The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) is a scientific association founded in Montecatini Terme, Italy in 1965 with Joseph Hoet as Founding President. The aims of the association are to encourage and support research in the fie ...

(EASD) Rising Star Award (2005) *

Diabetes UK Diabetes UK is a British-based patient, healthcare professional and research charity that has been described as "one of the foremost diabetes charities in the UK". The charity campaigns for improvements in the care and treatment of people wit ...

RD Lawrence Named Lecture (2009) * GB Morgagni Silver Medal (2014) * EASD

(2014) * Diabetes UK

Dorothy Hodgkin Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin (née Crowfoot; 12 May 1910 – 29 July 1994) was a Nobel Prize-winning English chemist who advanced the technique of X-ray crystallography to determine the structure of biomolecules, which became essential for ...

Lecture (2019)
American Diabetes Association Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award
(2022) * Elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences

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