Matt is an Assistant Professor in the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes within the Department of Pediatrics. He obtained a PhD in Pathology at Duke University and trained as a postdoc with Dr. Maike Sander at University of California, San Diego. Aside from beta cells, his interests include rock climbing, tennis, and cooking.  

LeAnna is an Integrated Physiology PhD student in the lab. She earned her B.S. in Biology from Indiana University in 2016, after which she worked as an insulin manufacturing scientist for Eli Lilly & Company. She returned to academic research in 2022, joining the lab of Dr. Carol Witczak at the IU School of Medicine to explore skeletal muscle metabolism and insulin sensitivity. LeAnna is excited to continue investigating mechanisms of whole-body metabolism using insulin as an anchor point while in the Wortham Lab. Outside of research, she enjoys hiking, camping, and board gaming.

Rahul is a postdoc in the lab. He earned his PhD at Dr. Reddy's Institute of Life Sciences, Hyderabad, India. He studied insulin secretion in his previous postdoc at Vanderbilt University and in the Wortham Lab he is currently studying beta cell proliferation. Outside the lab he enjoys cooking, travelling and playing cricket.

Lauren is a Professional Research Assistant in the Wortham lab. She obtained her B.S. in Animal Biology at the University of Florida. After graduating, she worked as a laboratory technician at University of Florida studying repeat expansion disorders in neurodegenerative diseases. She then moved to North Carolina where she worked as a laboratory manager at North Carolina State University as well as a clinical laboratory scientist at GRAIL in Research Triangle Park performing multi-cancer early detection testing. Her hobbies include traveling, hiking, camping, and yoga.

This could be you! Reach out to Matt at matthew.wortham@cuanschutz.edu to enquire about openings.

A gentleman and a scholar.