Hanyu Liang, M.D., Ph.D.
Responsibilities & Activities
As a program director in the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Metabolic Diseases, I administer a portfolio of research grants on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism within the liver and subsequent effects on systemic physiology including the contribution of hepatic metabolism to obesity, insulin resistance/sensitivity and diabetes. Basic science grants as well as human studies and clinical trials are supported in this portfolio. I also manage a portfolio of studies that aim to understand the mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes in humans. Grants focused on whole body diabetes pathophysiology in animal models will also be accepted into this portfolio.
Research Programs
Clinical Research in Type 1 Diabetes
Determinants, etiology, progression, prevention, and treatment of type 1 diabetes in children and adults.
Clinical Research in Type 2 Diabetes
Progression and treatment of type 2 diabetes in children and adults.
Diabetes: Treatment, Prevention, & Complications
The Diabetes: Treatment, Prevention, and Complications Program supports both basic and clinical studies aimed at addressing the prevention, treatment and pathophysiology of type 1 and type 2 diabetes across the lifespan.
Metabolic Pathways
Whole body intermediary carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolism and flux measurement in insulin resistance, obesity and diabetes.
Metabolism, Energy Balance & Obesity
Energy balance, thermogenesis, and the control of metabolism by the autonomic nervous system in obesity and diabetes.
Pathophysiology of Diabetes & Metabolic Disease
Whole body intermediary carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolism, energy balance, thermogenesis and mitochondria biology in obesity and diabetes
Committees & Working Groups
- NIDDK Obesity Research Working Group, Member
- NIDDK-DEM Pancreas Working Group, Member
- NIDDK Clinical Science Working Group, Member
- NIDDK-DEM Basic Science Working Group, Member
- NIDDK-DEM Data Science Working Group, Member
- NIDDK Career Development Committee, Member
Select Experience
Scientific Administrator, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 2018-2022
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 2006-2018
Ph.D., Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 2006
Internal Medicine Residency, The Sixth Hospital of Beijing, 1996-2000
M.D., Capital Medical University, Beijing, 1996