Rebecca Koch

Rebecca Koch, PhD, RDN is a translational researcher and registered dietitian. Prior to joining Duke as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Medical Genetics, she received a BS in Dietetics from the University of Florida, PhD in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Georgia, and completed a postdoc with Dr. Priya Kishnani in Medical Genetics at Duke University. She is an affiliated faculty member of the YT and Alice Chen Pediatric Genetics and Genomics Research Center. Her current research includes defining the natural history, pathophysiology, and factors related to treatments for genetic disorders of carbohydrate metabolism, with a focus on glycogen storage disease (GSD) and other allied lysosomal and polyglucosan storage disorders. She runs a research lab and characterizes mouse models of these diseases to explore the associated metabolic disturbances and disease sequelae with the goal of developing and testing novel therapies as well as identifying surrogate biomarkers of disease. In addition, she manages several ongoing GSD natural history studies with participants from all over the world.