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Benjamin U Nwosu

Benjamin U Nwosu
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA

Biography

Dr. Nwosu is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Endocrinology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. He received his medical degree from the College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, where he now serves as a Visiting Lecturer. He completed his residency training in Pediatrics and Child Health at the Howard University Hospital in Washington DC, and obtained his fellowship training in Pediatric Endocrinology at the National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. His research focus is on diabetes mellitus, obesity, growth hormone, and vitamin D physiology. He is currently the principal investigator on a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the effects of adjunctive metformin therapy on glycemic control in children and adolescents with double diabetes. He is a Review Editor at Frontiers in Endocrinology, and sits on the Editorial Board of PREP Endocrinology, as well as several scientific journals.

Research Interest

His research focus is on childhood obesity, vitamin D physiology, and diabetes. He is the principal investigator on a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial on the effects of adjunctive metformin therapy on glycemic control in children and adolescents with double diabetes.