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Richard M Watanabe, PhD

Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences Associate Dean for Health and Population Science Programs

University of Southern California

Affiliations

Keck School of Medicine

Physiology and Neuroscience

Richard M Watanabe, Phd is currently serving as a Keck School Of Medicine Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences Associate Dean for Health and Population Science Programs at University of Southern California.

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Richard M Watanabe, PhD

University of Southern California

Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences Associate Dean for Health and Population Science Programs

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Associations Between Perceived Stress and Cortisol Biomarkers in Predominantly Latino Adolescents. Scientific Reports (2025)

mental healthpsychological assessmentadolescent healthstress (biology)psychoneuroendocrinologysocial stressstress biomarkerslatino adolescentshealth sciencespsychologycortisol biomarkers

Effect of Osteocalcin on Insulin Sensitivity, Insulin Secretion, and Beta-Cell Compensation in Mexican Americans. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (2025)

diabetes carebeta-cell compensationdiabetes mellitusmexican americansphysiologyosteocalcindiabetes researchinsulin sensitivityinsulin signalingendocrinologyhealth sciencesdiabetes

Genetic Variation in Gckr and Pnpla3 Regulate Metabolic Balance Across the Liver. Diabetes (2025)

metabolismliver physiologymolecular metabolismphysiologymetabolic regulationmetabolic pathwayshepatologycell metabolismgenetic variationmolecular physiologymetabolic remodelinghuman geneticsgenetics

Genetic Variation in Gckr and Pnpla3 Regulate Metabolic Balance Across the Liver. Diabetes (2025)

metabolismliver physiologymolecular metabolismphysiologyliver diseasemetabolic regulationmetabolic controlmetabolic pathwayshepatologycell metabolismmolecular physiologymetabolic remodelingsystems biologygenetics

Genetic Variation in I Gckr /I and I Pnpla3 /I Regulate Metabolic Balance Across the Liver. (2025)

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What is Gestational Diabetes – Really?. Diabetes (2025)

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Higher Genetic Risk for Type 2 Diabetes is Associated With a Faster Decline of Â·-Cell Function in an East Asian Population Diabetes Care. Diabetes Care (2024)

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Higher Genetic Risk for Type 2 Diabetes is Associated With a Faster Decline of α-Cell Function in an East Asian Population. Diabetes Care (2024)

diabetes caretype 2epidemiologydiabetes mellituseast asian populationhigher genetic riskdiabetes researchhuman geneticsgenetic determinantsgenetic epidemiologydiabetesgenetics

Higher Genetic Risk for Type 2 Diabetes is Associated With a Faster Decline of β-Cell Function in an East Asian Population. Diabetes Care (2024)

Hyunsuk LeeJaewon ChoiJong-Il KimRichard M. WatanabeNam H. ChoKyong Soo ParkSoo Heon Kwak

epidemiologygenotype-phenotype associationpolygenic riskgenetic factorsgenetic riskhuman geneticspopulation geneticsgeneticsb-cell functiondiabetes epidemiologydiabetes researchgenetic variationpublic healthgenetic epidemiologydiabetesdiabetes caregenetic disordersfaster declineeast asian population

A Saturated Map of Common Genetic Variants Associated With Human Height. Nature (2022)

human heightgenotype-phenotype associationadaptationsaturated mapcommon genetic variantsgenome biologyhuman variationevolutionary biologygeneticshuman geneticshereditypopulation geneticsgenetic variation

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Richard M Watanabe, PhD

Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences Associate Dean for Health and Population Science Programs

University of Southern California

Affiliations

Keck School of Medicine

Physiology and Neuroscience

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Richard M Watanabe, PhD

University of Southern California

Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences Associate Dean for Health and Population Science Programs

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Associations Between Perceived Stress and Cortisol Biomarkers in Predominantly Latino Adolescents. Scientific Reports (2025)

mental healthpsychological assessmentadolescent healthstress (biology)psychoneuroendocrinologysocial stressstress biomarkerslatino adolescentshealth sciencespsychologycortisol biomarkers

Effect of Osteocalcin on Insulin Sensitivity, Insulin Secretion, and Beta-Cell Compensation in Mexican Americans. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (2025)

diabetes carebeta-cell compensationdiabetes mellitusmexican americansphysiologyosteocalcindiabetes researchinsulin sensitivityinsulin signalingendocrinologyhealth sciencesdiabetes

Genetic Variation in Gckr and Pnpla3 Regulate Metabolic Balance Across the Liver. Diabetes (2025)

metabolismliver physiologymolecular metabolismphysiologymetabolic regulationmetabolic pathwayshepatologycell metabolismgenetic variationmolecular physiologymetabolic remodelinghuman geneticsgenetics

Genetic Variation in Gckr and Pnpla3 Regulate Metabolic Balance Across the Liver. Diabetes (2025)

Genetic Variation in I Gckr /I and I Pnpla3 /I Regulate Metabolic Balance Across the Liver. (2025)

What is Gestational Diabetes – Really?. Diabetes (2025)

diabetes carediabetes mellitusdiabetes researchgynecologygestational diabetesmaternal healthdiabetes

Higher Genetic Risk for Type 2 Diabetes is Associated With a Faster Decline of Â·-Cell Function in an East Asian Population Diabetes Care. Diabetes Care (2024)

Higher Genetic Risk for Type 2 Diabetes is Associated With a Faster Decline of α-Cell Function in an East Asian Population. Diabetes Care (2024)

diabetes caretype 2epidemiologydiabetes mellituseast asian populationhigher genetic riskdiabetes researchhuman geneticsgenetic determinantsgenetic epidemiologydiabetesgenetics

Higher Genetic Risk for Type 2 Diabetes is Associated With a Faster Decline of β-Cell Function in an East Asian Population. Diabetes Care (2024)

Hyunsuk LeeJaewon ChoiJong-Il KimRichard M. WatanabeNam H. ChoKyong Soo ParkSoo Heon Kwak

A Saturated Map of Common Genetic Variants Associated With Human Height. Nature (2022)

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