Judy Regensteiner, PhD

Judy Regensteiner, PhD, is the Director of the Ludeman Family Center for Women’s Health Research and Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Divisions of Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. She holds the Judith & Joseph Wagner Chair in Women’s Health Research. Dr. Regensteiner’s research expertise is in the cardiovascular effects of diabetes with a specific focus on women with type 2 diabetes since they appear to have more significant abnormalities than men with diabetes. Her lab has been funded for over 30 years and she has authored more than 170 research publications. She is also known for her research on peripheral arterial disease. 

Dr. Regensteiner is currently Principal Investigator for the National Institutes of Health’s Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) grant and the Doris Duke Foundation’s Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists. She is also on the NIH’s Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health. As co-founder and Director of the Ludeman Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Dr. Regensteiner leads an interdisciplinary team of researchers who focus on women’s health and sex differences research.