Hiba Abou Assi
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Medicine 2021
Contact Information
- 227 Baker Hse, Box 3924, Durham, NC 27710
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hiba.abouassi@duke.edu
- 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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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- 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
- REDEFINE NN9838-4942 awarded by Novo Nordisk, Inc. 2023 - 2027
- Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study (GRADE) - Microbiome Collection awarded by The George Washington University 2012 - 2023
- Semaglutide effects on cardiovascular outcomes in people with overweight or obesity awarded by Novo Nordisk, Inc. 2019 - 2023
- Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity and Health: NC Consortium Clinical Site awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2022
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External Relationships
- Gilead Sciences, Inc.
- MRNA
- Novo Nordisk
- Pfizer Inc.
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
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Gulanski, Barbara I., Nicole M. Butera, Heidi Krause-Steinrauf, Judith H. Lichtman, Tasma Harindhanavudhi, Jennifer B. Green, Colleen E. Suratt, et al. “Higher burden of cardiometabolic and socioeconomic risk factors in women with type 2 diabetes: an analysis of the Glycemic Reduction Approaches in Diabetes (GRADE) baseline cohort.” Bmj Open Diabetes Res Care 11, no. 2 (April 2023). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjdrc-2022-003159.Full Text Link to Item
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Mayuga, Kenneth A., Artur Fedorowski, Fabrizio Ricci, Rakesh Gopinathannair, Jonathan Walter Dukes, Christopher Gibbons, Peter Hanna, et al. “Sinus Tachycardia: a Multidisciplinary Expert Focused Review.” Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 15, no. 9 (September 2022): e007960. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCEP.121.007960.Full Text Link to Item
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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.Full Text Link to Item
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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.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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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.Full Text Link to Item
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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.Full Text Link to Item
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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.Full Text Link to Item
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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.Full Text Link to Item
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Book Sections
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