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Barbara B. Kahn

Barbara B. Kahn BA, MS, MD

Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Internal Medicine and General Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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Barbara B. Kahn is chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and the George Richards Minot Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is an internationally recognized scientist in the area of obesity and type 2 diabetes, and her lab investigates the molecular mechanisms underlying these conditions, including the regulation of insulin action, food intake, and energy balance.
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