Diana Alba

Diana Alba, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco. Her research focuses on adipose tissue dysfunction and its role in insulin resistance and metabolic diseases. She investigates transcriptional pathways regulating adipose tissue development and obesity-related fibrosis.

Education: MD from New York Medical College (2010), Internal Medicine Residency at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital (2013), Endocrinology Fellowship at UCSF (2018). Completed Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion training (2021).

Research interests include adipose biology, fibrosis mechanisms, and metabolic disorders in HIV-positive populations. Awards include the Harold Amos Scholar (2020) and Early-Career Research Excellence Award (2022).

Grants: NIH/NIDDK PI for studies on adipose remodeling and HIV-related metabolism. Co-I on NIH grants assessing thermogenesis-fibrosis interplay.

Labs: Inflammation, Diabetes, Ethnicity and Obesity (IDEO) Cohort; UCSF Endocrine Clinical and Translational Research Center (ECTRC).