FRIEDMAN FELLOWS
LATEST SYMPOSIUM: NOVEMBER 14TH 2019 ON NUTRITION, DIABETES, AND HUMAN HEALTH

Julie R Islam, MD

Research Fellow – Gerald J Friedman Diabetes Institute
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Endocrine Research Laboratory, Mount Sinai Beth Israel,
New York, NY
2013-2014

Mentors   Dr. Seto-Young & Dr. Poretsky

Recent Work

As Friedman Fellow, I am currently working with mentors Dr. Leonid Poretsky and Dr. Seto‐Young.  My primary field of work is studying the effects of Irisin on gonadotropins in murine pituitary cells and on steroid hormones in human granulose cells.  Our focus is to better understand the role of this recently discovered hormone and the therapeutic implications it may possess.