Program Alumni.
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Christina Scifres, MD |
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Dr. Scifres focuses on obesity and diabetes during pregnancy. She is conducting a targeted investigation of Fatty Acid Binding Protein 4 (FABP4), which is strongly linked to the development of insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome. Having discovered that the expression of placental FABP4 is increased in women with obesity and diabetes. Dr. Scifres surmises that placental FABP4 action is casually linked to fetal macrosomia in pregnancies complicated by maternal diabetes.

