EDUCATION AND TRAINING

M.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Residency, University of California San Francisco, Internal Medicine

Fellowship, University of Washington, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Seattle, WA

M.S. (candidate), Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA

OFFICE ADDRESS

Seattle VA Puget Sound Health Care System
1660 South Columbian Way
UW Mailbox 358280 (111)
Seattle, WA 98108


CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Foster-Schubert’s research focus is on human obesity and body weight regulation.  She has investigated the role of exercise-induced weight loss and macronutrient effects on the orexigenic hormone ghrelin, as well as ghrelin’s effects on islet insulin release.  Current research projects are aimed at the following:  1) hormonal and physiologic predictors (including alterations in adipose gene expression) of successful weight loss maintenance following diet and exercise interventions;  2) the effect of varying dietary energy density on body weight regulatory hormones and appetite; 3) development of a novel imaging method to measure parameters of hypothalamic regulation of body weight in humans, using a multi-disciplinary approach.


REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Cummings DE, Overduin J, Foster-Schubert KE:  Gastric bypass for obesity: mechanisms of weight loss and diabetes resolution.  J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89:2608-2615, 2004.

Cummings DE, Overduin J, Shannon MH, Foster-Schubert KE; 2004 ABS Consensus Conference:  Hormonal mechanisms of weight loss and diabetes resolution after bariatric surgery.  Surg Obes Relat Dis 1:358-68, 2005.

Cummings DE, Foster-Schubert KE, Overduin J:  Ghrelin and energy balance: focus on current controversies.  Curr Drug Targets 6:153-69, 2005.

Foster-Schubert KE, McTiernan A, Frayo RS, Schwartz RS, Rajan KB, Yasui Y, Tworoger SS, Cummings DE:  Human plasma ghrelin levels increase during a one-year exercise program.  J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90:820-825, 2005.

Foster-Schubert KE, Cummings DE:  Emerging therapeutic strategies for obesity.  Endocr Rev 27:779-93, 2006.

Cummings DE, Overduin J, Foster-Schubert KE, Carlson MJ:  Role of the bypassed proximal intestine in the anti-diabetic effects of bariatric surgery.  Surg Obes Relat Dis 3:109-15, 2007.

Littman AJ, Vitiello MV, Foster-Schubert K, Ulrich CM, Tworoger SS, Potter JD, Weigle DS, McTiernan A:  Sleep, ghrelin, leptin and changes in body weight during a 1-year moderate-intensity physical activity intervention.  Int J Obes (Lond). 31:466-75, 2007.