Diabetes and Endocrinology

Biography

Douglas N Ishii received his BA in Biochemistry from University of California, Berkeley and PhD in Pharmacology from Stanford University Medical School and conducted Postdoctoral work in Neurobiology at Stanford. He became Assistant then Associate Professor of Pharmacology at Columbia University, New York City. He is a Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University. He served on various scientific study sections for National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and The Juvenile Diabetes International Foundation. Press coverage on his laboratory’s research on pathogenesis of diabetic neurological complications, and cause of brain atrophy in Alzheimer’s disease, includes articles in Der Spiegel, Hong Kong Standard, NY Times, LA Times, Denver Post, Chicago Tribune, ABC News, Forbes News, USA. Today, National Public Radio, and elsewhere. Nineteen patents were awarded based on this research.

Research Interest

laboratory’s research on pathogenesis of diabetic neurological complications, and cause of brain atrophy in Alzheimer’s disease.