Karin Bornfeldt awarded Duff Memorial Lecturship

Dr. Karin Bornfeldt, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition), was awarded the George Lyman Duff Memorial Lectureship at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions.

She will present “Discovering mechanisms of the increased cardiovascular disease risk in diabetes.”

The lectureship was established in 1956 by the Society for the Study of Arteriosclerosis in memory of Dr. Duff, a founding member and past president of the society.

Past award recipients from the University of Washington include Edwin Bierman (1991), Russell Ross (1980) and John Glomset (1979).

Karin Bornfeldt, MD, PhD, is the Edwin L. Bierman Professor of Medicine, Associate Director of the UW Diabetes Institute and Deputy Director of the Diabetes Research Center.