USC researcher and expert in metabolism to receive Columbia's 2009 Naomi Berrie Award

Major diabetes honor recognizes USC's Richard Nathan Bergman; Fellow Award goes to junior investigator at Columbia University Medical Center

NEW YORK (November 14, 2009) – Columbia University Medical Center will present the 2009 Naomi Berrie Awards to a nationally recognized diabetes researcher, and a promising young investigator, for their outstanding achievements in diabetes research.

The Award for Outstanding Achievement in Diabetes Research goes to Richard Nathan Bergman, Ph.D, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physiology & Biophysics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC). Dr. Bergman and three of his labs at USC are studying different aspects of the causes of type 2 diabetes, a disease which afflicts 20 million Americans, and which is a primary cause of heart disease, blindness and kidney disease.

Dr. Bergman's work ranges from cell biology to epidemiology and population genetics, but all of it is related to diabetes research.

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