Elizabeth Seaquist, MD

Dr. Elizabeth Seaquist is the Director of the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism and holds the Pennock Family Chair in Diabetes Research. Awards recognizing her research and mentoring include the American Diabetes Association’s Transformative Woman in Diabetes Award in 2019 and the Albert Renold Award for Mentoring in 2020 as well as, the Mary Jane Kugel Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). She served as the President for Medicine and Science of the American Diabetes Association in 2014. As a clinical investigator, Dr. Seaquist is interested in hypoglycemia and the complications of diabetes. Her research focuses on the effect of diabetes on brain metabolism, structure, and function. She directs the University of Minnesota sites for the Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study (GRADE) study. She was the site investigator for the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial and the Researching Cardiovascular Events with a Weekly Incretin in Diabetes (REWIND) study. She has an active clinical practice and is board certified in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism.

Honors:

• U of M team Science award, the ADA transformative woman award and the renold award.
• Inducted into the AHC Academy for Excellence in Health Research, University of Minnesota (2017)
• Bruce Zimmerman Diabetes Award, American Diabetes Association and the Minnesota Department of Health Diabetes Unit (2017)
• Banting Medal, American Diabetes Association (2014)
• President of Medicine and Science, American Diabetes Association (2014)
• Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Minnesota Medical School (2012)
• Mentor of the Year, University of Minnesota Clinical and Translational Science Institute (2012)
• American Diabetes Association Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award (2009)
• Carole J. Bland Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, University of Minnesota Medical School (2009)
• Fellow, Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine (2008 – 2009)

Clinical Awards:

• Best Doctors in America® (2001 - 2013, 2015 - 2017)
• Minnesota Monthly Magazine “Best Doctors for Women” (2006 - 2009, 2011 - 2012, 2014 - 2018)
• Minnesota Monthly Magazine “Best Doctors” (2014 - 2017)
• Mpls. St. Paul Magazine “Top Doctor” (2003 - 2004, 2006 - 2018)

• American Diabetes Association
• Endocrine Society
• European Association for the Study of Diabetes
• Association of Specialty Professors

• Impact of diabetes on cerebral structure and function
• Hypoglycemia in diabetes

Clinical Trials

• GRADE – Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study
• Cerebral Responses to Insulin-Induced Hypoglycemia;
• Effect of Recurrent Hypoglycemia