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Patricia Myriam Vuguin

Name Patricia Myriam Vuguin
University Columbia University Medical
Country USA
Position Editorial board member

Biography

Patricia Myriam Vuguin currently and associate professor at  Columbia University Medical .I have trained as Pediatric Endocrinologist with a record of achievement in both the clinical and the laboratory arenas.  My Curriculum Vitae indicates my lifelong devotion to scientific and medical knowledge. I finished a Masters of Science Training Program in Clinical Research, a NIH-funded program offered by the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. I also rounded out my education with a strong basic science program.  I have almost 20 years’ experience researching the developmental origins of health and disease, diabetes and novel biochemical mechanisms by which glucagon affect pancreatic islet cell differentiation and maturation. I am currently the director of the Pediatric Thyroid Center and the Pediatric endocrine fellowship program at Columbia University.