Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Resident, Internal Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland 2005 - 2008
  • M.D., American University of Beirut (Lebanon) 2004
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Medicine 2017 - 2020
  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Medicine 2013 - 2017
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity and Health: NC Consortium Clinical Site awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2022
  • Semaglutide effects on cardiovascular outcomes in people with overweight or obesity awarded by Novo Nordisk, Inc. 2019 - 2022
  • Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study (GRADE) - Microbiome Collection awarded by The George Washington University 2012 - 2021
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  External Relationships

  • MRNA
  • Novo Nordisk
  • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • AbouAssi, Hiba, Margery A. Connelly, Lori A. Bateman, K Noelle Tune, Janet L. Huebner, Virginia B. Kraus, Deborah A. Winegar, James D. Otvos, William E. Kraus, and Kim M. Huffman. “Does a lack of physical activity explain the rheumatoid arthritis lipid profile?” Lipids Health Dis 16, no. 1 (February 10, 2017): 39. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12944-017-0427-4.
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    • Bartlett, David B., Margery A. Connelly, Hiba AbouAssi, Lori A. Bateman, K Noelle Tune, Janet L. Huebner, Virginia B. Kraus, et al. “A novel inflammatory biomarker, GlycA, associates with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis and cardio-metabolic risk in BMI-matched controls.” Arthritis Res Ther 18 (April 12, 2016): 86. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-016-0982-5.
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    • Glynn, Erin L., Lucy W. Piner, Kim M. Huffman, Cris A. Slentz, Lorraine Elliot-Penry, Hiba AbouAssi, Phillip J. White, et al. “Impact of combined resistance and aerobic exercise training on branched-chain amino acid turnover, glycine metabolism and insulin sensitivity in overweight humans.” Diabetologia 58, no. 10 (October 2015): 2324–35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-015-3705-6.
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    • AbouAssi, Hiba, Cris A. Slentz, Catherine R. Mikus, Charles J. Tanner, Lori A. Bateman, Leslie H. Willis, A Tamlyn Shields, et al. “The effects of aerobic, resistance, and combination training on insulin sensitivity and secretion in overweight adults from STRRIDE AT/RT: a randomized trial.” J Appl Physiol (1985) 118, no. 12 (June 15, 2015): 1474–82. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00509.2014.
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    • Huffman, Kim M., Timothy R. Koves, Monica J. Hubal, Hiba Abouassi, Nina Beri, Lori A. Bateman, Robert D. Stevens, et al. “Metabolite signatures of exercise training in human skeletal muscle relate to mitochondrial remodelling and cardiometabolic fitness.” Diabetologia 57, no. 11 (November 2014): 2282–95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-014-3343-4.
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    • AbouAssi, Hiba, K Noelle Tune, Brian Gilmore, Lori A. Bateman, Gary McDaniel, Michael Muehlbauer, Janet L. Huebner, et al. “Adipose depots, not disease-related factors, account for skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity in established and treated rheumatoid arthritis.” J Rheumatol 41, no. 10 (October 2014): 1974–79. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.140224.
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  • Book Sections

    • Jordanov, M. S., and H. Abou Assi. “Statins.” In Lipid Management: From Basics to Clinic, 123–47, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11161-2_8.
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