Physician Investigator (Cl) Diabetes, Mass General Research Institute

Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School

Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology Harvard Medical School

Clinical Affiliate Obstetrics and Gynecology Services-N/A, Massachusetts General Hospital

MD Harvard Medical School 2011

diabetes; diabetes in pregnancy; metabolic diseases; milk human; pre-eclampsia; prolactin; vitamin d; vitamin d-binding protein Dr. Powe is a physician-investigator with a clinical and scientific focus on diabetes (high blood sugar, hyperglycemia) in pregnancy. Hyperglycemia is recognized as a common metabolic problem that has a profound impact on pregnancy outcomes. Dr. Powe's research mission is to bring the remarkable advances in understanding of diabetes pathophysiology, application of diabetes technology, and development of diabetes therapeutics to the obstetric population. Her interdisciplinary clinical and translational research program applies advances in physiologic and genetic profiling, as well as diabetes technologies, to the study of hyperglycemia during pregnancy.