Biographical note

Dr. Maria Golson graduated from Duke University with a B.S. in Biology in 2000. She focused on pancreas development in her studies as a graduate student in the Cell and Molecular Biology Program at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with a Ph.D. in 2008. She furthered her expertise in the beta-cell biology field at the Vanderbilt University as a postdoctoral fellow studying with Maureen Gannon. Starting in 2015, she followed up with a stint as a Research Assistant Professor in the Genetics Department at the University of Pennsylvania, where she coordinated the Human Pancreas Analysis Program under Klaus Kaestner while also studying the regulation of beta-cell function by intrinsic and extrinsic factors. In 2020, Dr. Golson joined the faculty in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at the Johns Hopkins University as an Asisstant Professor.