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Richard M. Watanabe

Expert in pathophysiology and genetics of type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, Keck School of Medicine
Office: (323) 442-2053
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Expertise

  • Pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes
  • Mathematical modeling of physiologicsystems
  • Computational genomics
  • Molecular genetics of complex diseasesother than cancer
  • Applications of biostatistics in molecularbiology
  • Biostatistics - design and analysis ofstudies relating health outcomes toenvironmental exposures
  • Epidemics including coronavirus/COVID-19

Additional Information

  • Recipient of Michaela Modan Memorial Award for Outstanding Research
  • in Epidemiology, Complications or Prevention of Diabetes, American Diabetes Association (1995)