DiabetesBio

Welcome to the January 2026 episode of DiabetesBio—the American Diabetes Association's podcast for its flagship research publication, Diabetes. In this episode of DiabetesBio, Drs. Kirk Habegger, Darleen Sandoval, and Kevin Williams discuss the latest and greatest content in the January 2026 issue of Diabetes.
17:40 After sharing their predictions for the new year, our hosts are joined by Masaya Oshima, PhD, a contract researcher at Institut Cochin in Paris, France. He is the lead author on the January Paper of the Month, "Killing of Human β-Cells by CD8+ T Cells Triggers Inflammatory Paracrine Signaling and Neighboring β-Cell Dysfunction," available for free at doi.org/10.2337/db25-0473.
33:10 In the latest edition of "Sweet Talk," Kevin speaks with Sarah Stanley, MBBCh, PhD, an associate professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York and recipient of the American Diabetes Association's Pathway to Stop Diabetes Award. Her article, "Neural Regulation of Blood Glucose in Acute Stress: A Report on Research Supported by Pathway to Stop Diabetes," is available for free at doi.org/10.2337/dbi24-0051
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Welcome to the December 2025 episode of DiabetesBio—the American Diabetes Association's podcast for its flagship research publication, Diabetes. In this episode of DiabetesBio, Drs. Kirk Habegger, Darleen Sandoval, and Kevin Williams discuss the latest and greatest content in the December 2025 issue of Diabetes.
13:10 After discussing their favorite interviews of the past two years, our hosts are joined by Bryan Bergman, PhD, a professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. He is the corresponding author of "Combined Weight Loss and Exercise Training Alters Skeletal Muscle Subcellular Lipid Localization and Intermuscular Adipose Tissue Cellular Composition," a featured article in this month's issue. The article is available for free at doi.org/10.2337/db25-0492.
35:25 To discuss the latest Paper of the Month, our hosts are joined by authors Kathryn Walters, PhD, postdoctoral researcher at CU Anschutz, Roberto Castro-Gutierrez, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California San Francisco, Neelanjan Mukherjee, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the CU Anschutz, and Holger Russ, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of Florida. Their article, "Proteogenomic Discovery of Novel Open Reading Frames With HLA Immune Presentation on Human β-Cells," is available for free at doi.org/10.2337/db24-0527.
1:00:50 In the latest edition of "Sweet Talk," Kevin and Kirk explore how new technologies shape the ways we assess metabolism. They are joined by Alexander Banks, PhD, Director of the Energy Balance core facility at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) at Harvard Medical School, Corey Holman, PhD, Technical Director of the Rodent Metabolic Phenotyping Core at the University of Pennsylvania, and Louise Lantier, PhD, Metabolic Pathophysiology Core Managing Director at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
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Welcome to the November 2025 episode of DiabetesBio—the American Diabetes Association's podcast for its flagship research publication, Diabetes. In this episode of DiabetesBio, Drs. Kirk Habegger, Darleen Sandoval, and Kevin Williams discuss the latest and greatest content in the November 2025 issue of Diabetes.
6:00 In the first segment, our hosts are joined by Kaylia Reynolds, MS and Nora Franceschini, MD, MPH, FAHA, both of the Department of Epidemiology at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina. Their paper, "Diabetes Genetic Clusters and Clinical Outcomes in American Indians," is available for free at doi.org/10.2337/db25-0322.
20:40 To discuss the latest Paper of the Month, our hosts are joined by first author Stephanie K. Holm, a postdoctoral student in the Clemmensen group, and Christoffer Clemmensen, Associate Professor in the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research at the University of Copenhagen. Their paper, "Sustained Weight Loss With Combined LEAP2 and Semaglutide Treatment in Mice," is available for free at doi.org/10.2337/db24-1056.
38:15 In the latest edition of "Sweet Talk," Kevin and Kirk speak with Banting Medal recipient Jens Juul Holst, MD, DMSc, of the University of Copenhagen, whose work with incretin hormones laid the foundation for therapies now used around the world. His article, "Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity on the Basis of the Incretin System: The 2021 Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement Award Lecture," is available for free at doi.org/10.2337/dbi21-0026.
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Welcome to the October 2025 episode of DiabetesBio—the American Diabetes Association's podcast for its flagship research publication, Diabetes. In this episode of DiabetesBio, Drs. Kirk Habegger, Darleen Sandoval, and Kevin Williams discuss the latest and greatest content in the October 2025 issue of Diabetes.
5:50 In the first segment, our hosts are joined by Tessa M. Cacciottolo, PhD, a Chain Florey TTI Fellow in the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences at Imperial College London. She is the first author of the article "Glucagon Receptor Deficiency Causes Early-Onset Hepatic Steatosis," available for free at doi.org/10.2337/db25-0209.
22:15 In honor of last month being Childhood Obesity Month, in this month's edition of "Sweet Talk", our hosts speak with Kristen Nadeau, MD, MS, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, and Bethany Cartwright, MD, PhD, an Assistant Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. They discuss the complications children with obesity can face, as well as the stigma and weight biases that accompany these diagnoses. Cartwright's article, "Adipose Tissue as a Target for Precision Medicine Approaches in Childhood Obesity," is available for free at doi.org/10.2337/dbi24-0044.
49:10 In a special segment, Nadeau and Cartwright take questions directly from kids of various ages on the topics of diabetes and obesity.
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Welcome to the September 2025 episode of DiabetesBio—the American Diabetes Association's podcast for its flagship research publication, Diabetes. In this episode of DiabetesBio, Drs. Kirk Habegger, Darleen Sandoval, and Kevin Williams discuss the latest and greatest content in the September 2025 issue of Diabetes.
5:25 In the first segment, our hosts are joined by Carmelo Quarta, PhD, a principal investigator at INSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research) and a group leader at the Bordeaux Neurocampus at the University of Bordeaux in France. He is the co-corresponding author of "GLP-1–Mediated Targeting of Inflammation Corrects Obesogenic Memory in Male Mice," available for free at doi.org/10.2337/db24-1071.
27:30 Next, Darleen and Kirk speak with Willa A. Hsueh, MD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology at the Ohio State University College of Medicine. She is a corresponding author on this month's Paper of the Month, "The GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Dulaglutide Attenuates Hepatic Steatosis in Obesity via a Weight-Independent Mechanism," available for free at doi.org/10.2337/db24-0861.
46:20 Lastly, in this month's edition of "Sweet Talk," Kevin and Darleen are joined by Alexander R. Nectow, MD, PhD. A recipient of the American Diabetes Association's Pathway to Stop Diabetes Award, Dr. Nectow lab at Columbia University studies the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) and its relation to metabolism. His article, "The Dorsal Raphe Nucleus and the Integrative Control of Feeding: A Report on Research Supported by Pathway to Stop Diabetes," is available for free at doi.org/10.2337/dbi24-0015.
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