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Jonathan B. Brown, MPP, PhD
Gregory N. Clarke, PhD
Robert L. Davis, MD, MPH
Lynn L. DeBar, PhD
Mary L. Durham, PhD
David Feeny, PhD
Adrianne C. Feldstein, MD, MS
Jeffrey Fellows, PhD
Andrew G. Glass, MD
Katrina Goddard, PhD
Carla A. Green, PhD, MPH
Christina Gullion, PhD
Brian Hazlehurst, PhD
Teresa A. Hillier, MD, MS
Jack F. Hollis, PhD
Mark C. Hornbrook, PhD
Eric Johnson, PhD, MPH
Njeri Karanja, PhD
Frances L. Lynch, PhD
Mary Ann McBurnie, PhD
Richard T. Meenan, PhD
Allison Naleway, PhD
Gregory A. Nichols, PhD
Rachel Novotny, PhD
Michael R. Polen, PhD
Douglas Roblin, PhD
David H. Smith, RPh, PhD
Victor J. Stevens, PhD
Thomas M. Vogt, MD, MPH
William M. Vollmer, PhD
Suma Vupputuri, PhD, MPH
Sheila Weinmann, PhD, MPH
Evelyn P. Whitlock MD, MPH

Investigator Emeritus
Donald K. Freeborn, PhD
Merwyn R. Greenlick, PhD
John P. Mullooly, PhD
Clyde R. Pope, PhD
Barbara G. Valanis, DrPH


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Teresa A. Hillier, MD, MS, Senior Investigator
Dr. Hillier, serves as medical director of a research program that includes a study of risk profiles and outcomes in adults with Type 2 diabetes and a study of post-menopausal women examining the risk factors of osteoporosis and possible relationships to breast cancer.

She received her M.D. from Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) in 1990 and also holds an M.S. in Epidemiology from the University of Virginia. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the Providence Medical Center in Portland, OR, and her Endocrinology fellowship at the University of Virginia.

She is a member of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, a member of the Endocrine Society, and a member of the American Diabetes Association. She is also a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Endocrinology at OHSU.

Current Studies:
  • Evidence-based Practice Center—U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
  • Late Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Older Women—SOF Vision
  • Neighborhood Design and Obesity in Older Women
  • Personality and Health: A Longitudinal Study—LCH II
  • Search for Diabetes Hawaii — SEARCH
  • Search for Diabetes in Youth 2: Hawaii
  • Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Continuation—SOF II
  • Study of Osteoporotic Fractures—SOF

    Recently Completed Studies:
  • Characteristics and costs of impaired fasting glucose—IFG
  • Comparative Risk Profiles and Outcomes in Adults with Early and Usual Onset Type 2 Diabetes—EARLY DM2
  • Hyperglycemia in Pregnancy: Risk Factors and Outcomes to Mother and Child in a Multi-Ethnic Population—Gestational Diabetes
  • Re-Fracture Intervention Trial — REFIT
  • Screening and Treatment for Low Bone Mineral Density after Fracture — Merck Bone Density
  • Screening for gestational diabetes melitus: a systematic review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
  • Uniform Population-based Approach and Research on Childhood Diabetess—SEARCH

    E-mail: Teresa.Hillier@kpchr.org

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    Updated 2 Apr 08