Gene discovery in type 2 diabetes
Identifying and characterizing variants that influence diabetes risk, including work on CACNA1E (CaV2.3) and adrenergic-receptor biology.
Diabetes genetics research
The Tojjar diabetes research program
Research by Dr. Damon Tojjar on the genetics and biology of type 2 diabetes, from gene discovery to insulin secretion and ethnic differences in risk. Published as Tojjar, D.
- 4Peer-reviewed papers
- 800+Citations, Diabetes Care
- ScienceMagnus Blix Award
- LUDCLund Diabetes Centre
Research themes
From gene to clinic.
Insulin secretion and the beta cell
How genetic and metabolic factors shape insulin response, central to diabetes pathophysiology.
Ethnic differences in diabetes risk
A Diabetes Care meta-analysis, cited more than 800 times, on how insulin sensitivity and response vary across populations.
From evidence to decision support
Translating findings into clinical decision support, evaluated in the EASY-1 randomized trial.
Publications
Peer-reviewed work (Tojjar, D.).
- ScienceOverexpression of alpha2A-adrenergic receptors contributes to type 2 diabetesTojjar, D. (shared / co-second author). Magnus Blix Award.doi.org/10.1126/science.1176827
- Diabetes CareEthnic differences in the relationship between insulin sensitivity and insulin responseTojjar, D. (co-author). Systematic review and meta-analysis. Widely cited.doi.org/10.2337/dc12-1235
- DiabetologiaPolymorphisms in the Ca2+ channel CaV2.3 (CACNA1E) and type 2 diabetesTojjar, D. (co-author). Gene discovery and impaired insulin secretion.doi.org/10.1007/s00125-007-0846-2
- Diabetes, Obesity and MetabolismComparison of insulin degludec with insulin detemir in type 1 diabetesTojjar, D. (co-author). One-year treat-to-target trial.doi.org/10.1111/dom.12573
Principal investigator
About the researcher.
Dr. Damon Tojjar is a physician-scientist (M.D., Ph.D. candidate) and digital health entrepreneur whose work spans leading institutions in Europe and the United States. He earned his M.D. at Lund University, whose medical school had the lowest acceptance rate in Sweden at the time of his admission, and achieved top-percentile results on the national medical board examinations. He trained as a Research Fellow in Systems Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine under Professor Atul Butte, where he was an Anna Lindh Fellow. His doctoral research, based at the Lund University Diabetes Centre, focuses on the genetics of type 2 diabetes.
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