Journal of Clinical Diabetes
Open Access

Biography

Shichun Bao, MD, PhD received her medical degree in 1989 from Shanghai Medical University, China. She also received a PhD degree in 1997 from Indiana University in Indianapolis, Indiana, with special interest in diabetes pathophysiology. She subsequently worked as a post-doctoral fellow and clinical associate at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina, focusing on diabetes clinical research and clinical trials. Dr. Bao completed her internship and residency training in 2002 at the Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. She then completed her Endocrine fellowship training in 2005 at Vanderbilt University. She has been a clinical faculty at Vanderbilt University Medical Center since 2005. She is currently an Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and serves as Vanderbilt Diabetes Technology Program Leader.  Dr. Bao also conducts clinical research, has been principal investigator of multiple diabetes clinical trials. Her research interest is focused on diabetes related clinical pharmaceutical trials, clinical research in diabetes technology.

Dr. Bao is board certified in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology. She is a long-term member of American Diabetes Association, the Endocrine Society, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologist, and American Medical Association.

Research Interest

Research Interest focuses on diabetes technology, diabetes care, hypoglycemia, metabolic syndrome.