Leigh Perreault is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology striving to transform our current clinical approaches to weight management and type 2 diabetes.  Dr. Perreault graduated from the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, and completed her residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus where she has remained on faculty for the past 19 years. Dr. Perreault’s research has focused on diabetes prevention in people with prediabetes for the majority of her time at the University, most notably as co-investigator on the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS).  Most recently, she developed and pilot tested a novel tool for weight management called PATHWEIGH.  Dr. Perreault is leading the implementation of PATHWEIGH across the UCHealth care system and is the Principal Investigator of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded award to study its efficacy and use.  Her curriculum vitae outlines a robust record of publications in high-impact peer-reviewed journals, as well as writing group membership for glucose-lowering guidelines for diabetes put forth by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) as fellow of AACE and the American College of Physicians (ACP).  Translation of research for the education of patients and health care providers is one of Dr. Perreault’s top priorities, and is readily evidenced by her dedicated patient care, authoring of the obesity section of UpToDate and speaking engagements across the globe.