My undergraduate and medical training began in Berne, Switzerland. After transitioning to the US to continue my medical training, I joined the Department of Medicine at UCSF as a Clinical Fellow in Endocrinology. I will become a member of the Ingraham lab on 7/10/20 where I hope to engage in cutting edge research at the interface of skeletal health, metabolism, and aging. I am interested in how other tissues, such as the brain affect bone health, especially during the aging process or in poor metabolic health. I hypothesize that defining the molecular and cellular signatures of unhealthy bone, especially in females, may reveal new endocrine pathways that contribute to the overall metabolic decline experienced by postmenopausal women. Results could provide new therapeutic avenues to overcome metabolic dysfunction and aging.
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UCSF Profile: M. Babey
2024 Babey, M.E., et al., A maternal brain hormone that builds bone. Nature, 2024.
2023 Babey, M.E., et al., Brain-Derived CCN3 Is An Osteoanabolic Hormone That Sustains Bone in Lactating Females. bioRxiv, 2023.
2022 Babey, M.E., et al., No Evidence of Association Between Undercarboxylated Osteocalcin and Incident Type 2 Diabetes. J Bone Miner Res, 2022. 37(5): p. 876-884.
2018 Babey, M., M.L. Brandi, and D. Shoback, Conventional Treatment of Hypoparathyroidism. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am, 2018. 47(4): p. 889-900.
2015 Babey, M., et al., Gender-Specific Differences in the Skeletal Response to Continuous PTH in Mice Lacking the IGF1 Receptor in Mature Osteoblasts. J Bone Miner Res, 2015. 30(6): p. 1064-76.
2015 Wang, T., et al., Osteoblast-Specific Loss of IGF1R Signaling Results in Impaired Endochondral Bone Formation During Fracture Healing. J Bone Miner Res, 2015. 30(9): p. 1572-84.
2013 Kubota, T., et al., Insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor in mature osteoblasts is required for periosteal bone formation induced by reloading. Acta Astronaut, 2013. 92(1): p. 73-78.
2011 Babey, M., P. Kopp, and G.L. Robertson, Familial forms of diabetes insipidus: clinical and molecular characteristics. Nat Rev Endocrinol, 2011. 7(12): p. 701-14.
2011 Babey, M., et al., Pituitary surgery for small prolactinomas as an alternative to treatment with dopamine agonists. Pituitary, 2011. 14(3): p. 222-30.
2009 Babey, M., et al., Acute onset of polyarthralgia and high anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in a case of idiopathic granulomatous hypophysitis. J Rheumatol, 2009. 36(1): p. 204-7.
2008 Swiss National Research Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
2009 Travel Award for Endo 2009 in Washington, D.C.
2009 Janggen-Poehn Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
2010 Novartis Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
2012 Selected Abstract for President’s Competition, ASBMR
2017 Scholar of the Year, Residency in Internal Medicine, AHS, Oakland, CA
2021 Weill Award for Junior Investigators in the Neurosciences (with L. Yuan)
2024 NIDDK KO8 Transition Award to Independence