Anna Gloyn
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Anna L Gloyn FMedSci is a geneticist, who is Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology) and Genetics at Stanford University. She was the recipient of the Minkowski Prize in 2014 for her research into causal mechanisms of diabetes pathogenesis. Her work has contributed to improved treatment options for people with rare forms of diabetes and helped advance our understanding of type 2 diabetes.[1][2]
Gloyn studied for a BSc in Medical Biochemistry at the University of Surrey.[3] This was followed by a DPhil on the Molecular Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes at Green College at the University of Oxford, supervised by Professor Robert Turner. She worked at the University of Exeter for her post-doctoral training, supervised by Professors Andrew Hattersley & Sian Ellard, as well as Professor Franz M. Matschinsky at the University of Pennsylvania.[4]
