Lawrence Shapiro, Ph.D.
Diabetes Researcher

Dr. Lawrence Shapiro is Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at Columbia University and is Jules and Doris Stein Professor of Research to Prevent Blindness in Columbia's Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute. The focus of Dr. Shapiro's research is on the protein biochemistry of systemic energy regulation and its failure in obesity and type 2 diabetes. A graduate of New York University, Dr. Shapiro received his Ph.D. from Columbia University.