Brian Layden, MD, PhD

Endocrinologist and Division Chief at UI health, Professor of Medicine, Director of the UIC Diabetes Center

[UIC Diabetes @Diabetes_UIC]

🎉 Introducing 3 of our 6 Diabetes Pilot Grant recipients!

Meet Lauretta Quibb, PhD, RN, CDCES, FAHA, FAAN, Clinical Professor at the UIC College of Nursing.
🤖 Her pilot project explores how AI can interpret data from Hybrid Closed-Loop Automated Insulin Delivery (AID) systems to advance diabetes care.

🔬 We look forward to the impact of her innovative research!

#Diabetes  #Research #Healthcare #UIC #Nursing

[UIC Diabetes @Diabetes_UIC]

📢 New JMIR publication alert!
Can a routine chest X-ray help predict type 2 diabetes risk?

lead Author Pola Lydia Lagari and mentor Dr. Brian Layden, along with their research team, on their new JMIR publication.
Their study shows how deep learning from chest X-rays may help identify patients at higher risk for type 2 diabetes in a diverse population.

👉 Read the study: https://t.co/siwjtoOtPd

#UICResearch #CardiovascularDisease #Type2Diabetes #DiabetesResearch

[UIC Diabetes @Diabetes_UIC]

🌈 Happy Pride Month from the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism!

Wishing all a happy, loved, supported, and pride-filled month.
We’re celebrating the LGBTQ+ community today and every day. ❤️

Happy Pride! 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

#PrideMonth #HappyPride #LoveIsLove #Chicago #UIC
#LGBTQ #Inclusion

[UIC Diabetes @Diabetes_UIC]

🎉 Introducing 2 of Our 6 Diabetes Pilot Grant Recipients!

Meet Dr. Sirimon Reutrakul, one our incredible endocrinologists at the UI Health Diabetes Center! 💙

Dr. Reutrakul specializes in treating type 1 and type 2 diabetes and has clinical interest in glucose metabolism. As a recipient of our Diabetes Pilot Grant, she is exploring ways to improve cardiac autonomic neuropathy and hypoglycemia awareness in people with type 1 diabetes through respiratory muscle training.

Fun facts: she’s an avid bird watcher, fluent in both Thai and English, and the cutest cats! 🐱

We look forward to seeing the impact of Dr. Reutrakul’s research journey.

#uic #chicago #science #diabetes #research

[UIC Diabetes @Diabetes_UIC]

Always rewarding to see our research gaining traction beyond our immediate field. Dr. Mohamed A. Is grateful for this endorsement emphasizing the clinical and mechanistic importance of ADMA–DDAH–NOx imbalance in long COVID. This kind of cross-disciplinary attention is critical to advancing understanding of long COVID

@AbeerMMohamed17

[Cordoba Lab (Liver Lab)_UIC Diabetes Center @Cordoba_Lab]

Hepatocyte-specific PPARγ Deletion Uncovers Role of an Antagonistic PPARγ–HNF4α Transcriptional Axis in MASLD Progression - The American Journal of Pathology

https://t.co/cSEhCZyXNF

[UIC Diabetes @Diabetes_UIC]

📢 New study just dropped
Dr. Kineman is a co-author on research investigating Low-Intensity Vibration (LIV) in diabetic mice. 🐭

The findings are surprising—and reveals exactly what changed in tissue repair.

Curious? Click the link below ! 👇
🔗https://t.co/blLpR8w9gy

#MedicalResearch #DiabetesCare #chicago #science

[UIC Diabetes @Diabetes_UIC]

🧠💫 New research spotlight

The team uncovered how arsenic reshapes microglial responses—revealing a dynamic shift that offers fresh insight into how environmental exposures impact brain health.

Curious what this means for brain health? 👀
🔗 Read more: https://t.co/OwtvnCx0NL

#Neuroscience #Toxicology #Microglia #BrainHealth #Research #chicago #science

[UIC Diabetes @Diabetes_UIC]

🦠💊 New meta-analysis by @AbeerMMohamed17 in @Nutrients_MDPI: Probiotics/synbiotics after bariatric surgery may modestly improve BMI, blood sugar (HbA1c), triglycerides, liver enzymes, and vitamin D levels.
📊 Benefits are stronger with mini-gastric bypass & perioperative use.
📖 Read: https://t.co/AfyeCwN07n
#BariatricSurgery #GutHealth #Probiotics #Metabolism #ObesityResearch

[Abeer Mohamed's Lab @AbeerMMohamed17]

https://t.co/OSHX0sZIlf @Diabetes_UIC

[University of Illinois Department of Medicine @UICDom]

Take a ride for a cause! 🚴‍♀️Join us for the Sweet Ride Event to support our mission of transforming diabetes care and research in Chicago.

Saturday, October 4, 2025 🕒  9 AM – 12 PM 📍 Willow Springs, IL

Register today at https://t.co/kUdhZh9eDj

@Diabetes_UIC

[UIC Diabetes @Diabetes_UIC]

Congratulations to Dr. Mohamed @AbeerMMohamed17 and the team on their new publication, “Lipidomic profiling of human adiposomes reveals specific lipid shifts linked to obesity and cardiometabolic risk.” Insightful work that advances our understanding of metabolic health! 🎉🧬 #Lipidomics #Metabolism #ObesityResearch

[UIC Diabetes @Diabetes_UIC]

We are being represented by our faculty @AbeerMMohamed17 at the #ADA2025! Her poster on obesity-associated adiposomes and their role in vascular smooth muscle cell hypercontractility sparked great discussions. Proud of the team’s insights into metabolic–vascular crosstalk! 💪🧪 #Adiposomes #VascularBiology #MetabolismResearch

[Brian Layden, MD, PhD @brian_layden]

@UIHealth

[Waggoner Lab @LabWaggoner]

Lipidomic profiling of human adiposomes identifies specific lipid shifts linked to obesity and cardiometabolic risk @JCI_insight @brian_layden
https://t.co/nn9D7mmbCd

[Cordoba Lab (Liver Lab)_UIC Diabetes Center @Cordoba_Lab]

Our PhD candidate @IzabelaHawro will show her work-in-progress next Wednesday @uiccom #COMRB2175

[UIC Diabetes @Diabetes_UIC]

@xulab_uic @thisisUIC @UIHealth @brian_layden @aprilchris123

[UIC Diabetes @Diabetes_UIC]

Our talented postdoc, Kai Xu @aprilchris123 won the best poster award at the 19th Diabetes Day @KovlerDiabetes
@xulab_uic @UICPhysiology @uiccom

[Xu Lab (UIC) @xulab_uic]

Hi!!Please take a break from surfing the Internet for a moment—do you know what exciting event happened in May? The Xu Lab at UIC's College of Medicine celebrated the graduation of three PhD students at once! Huge congratulations to all of them!@Diabetes_UIC @thisisUIC @UIHealth

[Brian Layden, MD, PhD @brian_layden]

Congrats @Diabetes_UIC

[Xu Lab (UIC) @xulab_uic]

🎓 Huge congratulations to @vtorre26 for successfully defending her PhD thesis! Her work explored estrogen signaling in the vlVMH and its role in regulating adipose tissue function. We’re so proud of Dr. Torres and can’t wait to see what she does next!

[Brian Layden, MD, PhD @brian_layden]

@IzabelaHawro Important work from Dr Zapater which may lead us to consider how best to treat people with sickle cell disease/trait and diabetes!