SCOTT SUMMERS, PhD portrait
  • Co-Director, Diabetes & Metabolism Research Center
  • Department Chair, Nutrition & Integrative Physiology
  • Professor, Nutrition & Integrative Physiology
  • Distinguished Professor, Nutrition & Integrative Physiology

Honors & Awards

  • Meeting Organizer, Keystone Symposia on Lipid Biology and Lipotoxicity in Killarney, Ireland, 2011; Invited Speaker at over 100 conferences and Seminars. 01/2011
  • CSU Nominee, Searle Scholars Award, 2000; CSU Nominee, Pew Trust Fellowship, 2000; Career Development Award, American Diabetes Association, 2000; Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Award, March of Dimes, 2001; One of 4 scientists whose work was featured in a chapter highlighting the “Next Generation of Sphingolipid Stars,” Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2003”; Keynote Lecturer, Metabolic Diseases Drug Discovery Summit, San Diego, CA, 2007. 01/2007
  • Doctoral Fellowship, Southern Illinois University Graduate School, 1991; Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Academic Society, Southern Illinois University, 1992; Doctoral Fellowship, Southern Illinois University Graduate School, 1992; Poster Competition, First Place, Sigma Xi Combined Research Symposium, 1994; Dissertation Research Award, Southern Illinois University Graduate School, 1994; Predoctoral Grant-in-Aid of Research, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, 1994; Dissertation Research Award, Southern Illinois University Graduate School, 1994; Predoctoral Student Stipend, American Heart Association, Illinois Affiliate, 1994; Individual National Research Service Award, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, 1997; Poster Competition, First Place, University of Pennsylvania Signaling Retreat, 1998;. 01/1998

Affiliations

  • University of Utah (UofU), Professor and Chair, Department of Nutrition & Integrated Physiology, 08/2016 - present
  • American Heart Association (AHA), Member, 01/2016 - present
  • Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute (BIHDI), Head, Translational Metabolic Health Laboratory, 01/2015 - 01/2016
  • Australian Cardiovascular Alliance (ACvA), Member, 01/2015 - present
  • Duke University (DU), Associate Professor, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, 01/2008 - 01/2015
  • University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (UofU), Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, 01/2004 - 01/2008
  • American Diabetes Association (ADA), Member, 01/2000 - present
  • Colorado State University (CSU), Associate Professor, Department of Biochemis, 01/1999 - 01/2004
  • University of Pennsylvania (UP), Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 01/1995 - 01/1999

In the Media

Professional Service

  • American Diabetes Association . Chair of Session, American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, LA. 06/2016 - 06/2016
  • Centaurus Therapeutics. Co-Founder and Consultant, Centaurus Therapeutics. 01/2015 - present
  • Diabetes. Editorial Board, Diabetes, 2008-2011; 2013-present. 01/2013 - present
  • Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School. Chair, Preclinical Curriculum Committee, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School. 01/2013 - present
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation. Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical Investigation. 01/2012 - present
  • Duke-NUS Metabolomics Facility. Director, Duke-NUS Metabolomics Facility. 01/2011 - present