Aili Guo MD, PhD

Dr. Guo earned her medical degree at Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China, and came to the U.S. in 1998 for postdoctoral research training. After completing a residency in internal medicine and an endocrine fellowship training at University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah, Dr. Guo joined the Ohio University faculty in 2010. She is currently an associate professor at Dept. Specialty Medicine, HCOM and an endocrinologist at Castrop Endocrine and Diabetes Center, OhioHealth Physician Group (merged in May 2017 –formerly as University Medical Associates, Inc.)
Dr. Guo’s research focus is to promote pancreatic β-cell preservation in diabetes and develop therapeutic strategies for diabetes treatment. In collaboration with her colleagues, her researches involve multiple projects. 1. One key area is to better understand the phenomena of "metabolic memory" & "legacy effect" of diabetes control observed in clinical trials. Her study (w/ Dr. Schwartz and Dr. McCall) in a high-fat diet induced type 2 diabetes mouse model has demonstrated that diet is critical for prolonged glycemic control after short-term insulin treatment.