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David A D'Alessio

Lindquist Presidential Distinguished Chair
Medicine, Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition
DUMC Box 104775, Durham, NC 27710
300 North Duke Street, Durham, NC 27701

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Lindquist Presidential Distinguished Chair · 2024 - Present Medicine, Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Medicine
Professor of Medicine · 2015 - Present Medicine, Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Medicine
Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism · 2014 - Present Medicine, Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Medicine
Member of Duke Molecular Physiology Institute · 2014 - Present Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Institutes and Centers

Recent News Items


Published May 18, 2022
University Awards 24 New Distinguished Professorships

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Recent Scholarly Works


Glucagon promotes net hepatic glycogen repletion following meal ingestion.

Journal article JCI Insight · April 22, 2026 Insulin and glucagon are described as having opposing actions on hepatic glycogen metabolism. However, here we showed that their coordinated action promoted glycogen turnover and meal glucose storage. In mice, pharmacological doses of insulin or glucagon f ... Full text Link to item Cite

Ectopic, hepatic GLP-1R agonism enhances the weight loss efficacy of GLP-1 analogues.

Journal article Mol Metab · March 2026 OBJECTIVES: Unimolecular triagonists drive substantial weight loss in patients with obesity by engaging the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R) and glucose dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor (GIPR) to reduce food intake (FI) and the hepati ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Metabolic Actions of Glucagon

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2025 - 2030

A gut sense for dietary lysine

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2026 - 2030

Endocrinology and Metabolism Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2024 - 2029

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Education


University of Wisconsin, Madison · 1983 M.D.