ProfessorMedicine Co-Director, UW Medicine Diabetes InstituteFaculty Information Biography Education & Training: M.D.Rush Medical College IntershipUniversity of WashingtonDivision of General Internal Medicine ResidencyUniversity of WashingtonDepartment of Medicine FellowshipUniversity of WashingtonDivision of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition Honors: Plenary Speaker, 2006 Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, Boston, MA 2006 2007 Williams-Rachmiel Levine Award for Outstanding Mentorship, Metabolism Club, Western Society for Clinical Investigation2007 Naomi Berrie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Diabetes Research, The Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University Mary and John Davidson Lectureship in Diabetes, University of Toronto Dept of Physiology, Toronto, Ontario International Visiting Professorship, Kobe University Medical School, Kobe, Japan2008 Plenary Speaker, Annual Meeting of the Japan Endocrine Society, Maebashi, Japan2009 Pfizer Visiting Scholar in Obesity, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX2010 The Robert H. Williams Endowed Chair in Diabetes Research, UW Solomon A. Berson Lecturer for the American Physiological Society, 2012 Annual Meeting 2011 7th Annual Levi J. Hammond Distinguished Memorial Lecture, University of Pennsylvania, 20142013 Marsh Lecture in Molecular Medicine, Feinstein Research Institute for Medical Research2015 Contact Email: mschwart@uw.eduPhone: (206) 897-5288Mailing Address: South Lake Union Campus750 Republican StreetUW Mailbox 358062Seattle, WA 98109-8055 Research & Clinical Interests Research Interests: Role of the Brain in the Pathogenesis of Obesity Insulin Resistance Type 2 Diabetes Clinical Interests: Metabolic basis of diabetes Obesity and related disorders with a focus on the role played by the brain