Learn about youth onset Type 2 Diabetes with Dr. Jeanie B. Tryggestad, a native of Southwest Oklahoma. Dr. Jeanie B. Tryggestad is an associate professor of pediatrics in the section of diabetes/endocrinology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and holds the Paul and Ruth Jonas Chair in Diabetes/Endocrinology. Dr. Tryggestad’s clinical research interests are on the impact of youth onset type 2 diabetes on complications. She is a Co-Principle Investigator for the NIH funded TODAY trial in Oklahoma and served on the Comorbidity Assessment Committee. Her other research interest focus on the impact of maternal diabetes on the future cardiometabolic health of the offspring and the impact of obesity and diabetes on vascular function. She has been awarded grant through the NIH to understand the impact of maternal diabetes on miRNA expression and protein regulation in infants. She also serves as the co-director of the type 2 diabetes comprehensive clinic in youth at OU Children’s. Her clinical interests are focused on type 1 and type 2 diabetes with special focus on Native American populations. She also serves as the director of the Turner Syndrome Clinic.
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