Colorado
University of Colorado Denver
Multiple Principal Investigator: Dana Dabelea, MD, PhD
Dr. Dabelea is a Professor of Epidemiology and Pediatrics and directs the Center for Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes (LEAD). She is a trained physician diabetologist with a PhD in Clinical Sciences. She completed postdoctoral studies at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) where she focused on diabetes research among the Pima Indians. Dr. Dabelea brings decades of research experience in the field of pediatric diabetes and leadership in the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study by serving as the national study co-chair, and Colorado site PI for the SEARCH study and several ancillary studies. She has extensive experience in working with large multi-center studies, collaborating with various coordinating centers, and chairing or participating in relevant committees across multiple studies.
Multiple Principal Investigator: Tessa Crume, PhD, MSPH
Dr. Crume is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Epidemiology and Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center. She has a PhD in Epidemiology and brings expertise in lifecourse epidemiology and the design of novel surveillance systems for complex chronic diseases. Dr. Crume was a Co-Investigator on SEARCH, and served as the Principal Investigator on a CDC-funded project to develop a population-based surveillance system for congenital heart defects (CHD) among adolescents and adults in Colorado. Her surveillance experience includes development of advanced case-finding techniques, identify reconciliation algorithms for de-duplication, case validation studies and advanced analytic methods to evaluate biases present in surveillance cohorts. Before joining the faculty at the University of Colorado she had a decade of experience as an applied epidemiologist at the state and federal level.
About Our Center
The Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity & Diabetes (LEAD) Center is a research and training center at the Colorado School of Public Health. Our mission is to conduct research into the lifecourse health consequences of exposures that increase the risk, and accelerate the onset, of adiposity (obesity) and diabetes. The LEAD Center was established in 2015 on the University of Colorado (CU) Anschutz Medical Campus through a joint collaboration among the Colorado School of Public Health, the CU School of Medicine and its Department of Pediatrics, and Children’s Hospital Colorado.
Contact Information
MPI: Dana Dabelea MD, PhD
Conrad M. Riley Endowed Professor, Director of the Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity & Diabetes (LEAD) Center
Colorado School of Public Health, Anschutz Medical Campus
13001 East 17th Ave, Box B119, Room W3110, Aurora, CO 80045
Dana.Dabelea@cuanschutz.edu; 303-724-4414 (office)
MPI: Tessa Crume PhD, MSPH – Contact PI
Title: Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Colorado School of Public Health and School of Medicine
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13001 East 17th Ave, Box B119, Room W3131, Aurora, CO 80045
Tessa.Crume@cuanschutz.edu; Tel: 303-724-4452