Brian Layden, MD, PhD (@brian_layden) 's Twitter Profile
Brian Layden, MD, PhD

@brian_layden

Endocrinologist and Division Chief at UI health, Professor of Medicine, Director of the UIC Diabetes Center

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#WhyScience Today, I am launching a 100-day Twitter/X campaign highlighting the importance of science, academia, and academic research in the U.S., with one tweet per day. Please help to increase visibility by liking, retweeting and adding to it.

#WhyScience Today, I am launching a 100-day Twitter/X campaign highlighting the importance of science, academia, and academic research in the U.S., with one tweet per day. Please help to increase visibility by liking, retweeting and adding to it.
University of Illinois Department of Medicine (@uicdom) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dr. Shriya Gandhi shares 7 nutrition tips you need to know to transform your eating habits! Small changes = BIG results! Watch now & save this for later! #HealthHacks #NutritionTips #WellnessJourney #HealthyHabits #Health

UIC Diabetes Center (@diabetes_uic) 's Twitter Profile Photo

50 years of active Medical Staff participation—half a century of dedicated endocrinological care. While rare, long service isn't unusual here. Many have been with UI Health for 35+ years, a testament to our mission-driven, academic, urban healthcare. We stay because it matters.

50 years of active Medical Staff participation—half a century of dedicated endocrinological care. While rare, long service isn't unusual here. Many have been with UI Health for 35+ years, a testament to our mission-driven, academic, urban healthcare. We stay because it matters.
Jack A Gilbert (he/him/his) (@gilbertjacka) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We found that sleep health varies across five African-origin populations—from rural Ghana to urban US—highlighting the profound influence of culture, environment, and socioeconomic factors on how we sleep. Insights from the METS-Sleep study: doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh… #ILOVESLEEP

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📢📅Monday May 5th - Chioma Nnyamah Chioma Nnyamah will have her PhD Thesis Defense - on Moss Auditorium COMRB 1020 at 2,30 pm. GEMSSA @ UIC UIC Physiology University of Illinois College of Medicine Thesis Title: "The Role of Adipose-Specific Free Fatty Acid Receptor 2 in Obesity and Associated Metabolic

📢📅Monday May 5th - Chioma Nnyamah <a href="/Chioma_PhDToBe/">Chioma Nnyamah</a>  will have her PhD Thesis Defense - on Moss Auditorium COMRB 1020 at 2,30 pm. <a href="/gemssa_uic/">GEMSSA @ UIC</a> <a href="/UICPhysiology/">UIC Physiology</a> <a href="/uiccom/">University of Illinois College of Medicine</a> 

Thesis Title: "The Role of Adipose-Specific Free Fatty Acid Receptor 2 in Obesity and Associated Metabolic
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⁦⁦UIC Diabetes Research⁩ ⁦UIC Diabetes Center⁩ insiders: Trump is ‘dismantling and destroying everything’ | Science | AAAS Please repost this if you want to see new treatments for diseases that impact your loved ones. science.org/content/articl…

Xu Lab (UIC) (@xulab_uic) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hi!!Please take a break from surfing the Internet for a moment—do you know what exciting event happened in May? The Xu Lab at UIC's College of Medicine celebrated the graduation of three PhD students at once! Huge congratulations to all of them!@Diabetes_UIC University of Illinois Chicago UI Health

Hi!!Please take a break from surfing the Internet for a moment—do you know what exciting event happened in May? The Xu Lab at UIC's College of Medicine celebrated the graduation of three PhD students at once! Huge congratulations to all of them!@Diabetes_UIC <a href="/thisisUIC/">University of Illinois Chicago</a> <a href="/UIHealth/">UI Health</a>
UIC Diabetes Center (@diabetes_uic) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Congratulations to Dr. Mohamed Abeer Mohamed's Lab and the team on their new publication, “Lipidomic profiling of human adiposomes reveals specific lipid shifts linked to obesity and cardiometabolic risk.” Insightful work that advances our understanding of metabolic health! 🎉🧬

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We are being represented by our faculty Abeer Mohamed's Lab at the #ADA2025! Her poster on obesity-associated adiposomes and their role in vascular smooth muscle cell hypercontractility sparked great discussions. Proud of the team’s insights into metabolic–vascular crosstalk! 💪🧪

University of Illinois Department of Medicine (@uicdom) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Take a ride for a cause! 🚴‍♀️Join us for the Sweet Ride Event to support our mission of transforming diabetes care and research in Chicago. Saturday, October 4, 2025 🕒  9 AM – 12 PM 📍 Willow Springs, IL Register today at qrco.de/bfDt5u UIC Diabetes Center

Take a ride for a cause! 🚴‍♀️Join us for the Sweet Ride Event to support our mission of transforming diabetes care and research in Chicago. 

Saturday, October 4, 2025 🕒  9 AM – 12 PM 📍 Willow Springs, IL

Register today at qrco.de/bfDt5u

<a href="/Diabetes_UIC/">UIC Diabetes Center</a>
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🦠💊 New meta-analysis by Abeer Mohamed's Lab in Nutrients MDPI: Probiotics/synbiotics after bariatric surgery may modestly improve BMI, blood sugar (HbA1c), triglycerides, liver enzymes, and vitamin D levels. 📊 Benefits are stronger with mini-gastric bypass & perioperative use.

🦠💊 New meta-analysis by <a href="/AbeerMMohamed17/">Abeer Mohamed's Lab</a>  in <a href="/Nutrients_MDPI/">Nutrients MDPI</a>: Probiotics/synbiotics after bariatric surgery may modestly improve BMI, blood sugar (HbA1c), triglycerides, liver enzymes, and vitamin D levels.
📊 Benefits are stronger with mini-gastric bypass &amp; perioperative use.