Sihem Boudina is a tenured Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and an Investigator in the Molecular Medicine Program at the University of Utah. She earned her bachelor’s degree in animal Physiology from the University of Science and Technology in Algiers and completed her Ph.D. in Biological and Medical Sciences at the University of Bordeaux 2 (France) under the mentorship of Dr. Pierre Dos Santos. In 2002, she joined Dr. Dale Abel’s group for her postdoctoral training at the University of Utah. Dr. Boudina was recruited to the University of Utah in 2010 as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, where she later served as Interim Director and then Director of the Metabolic Phenotyping Core.

Dr. Boudina has built a distinguished career in diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular research. Her groundbreaking work has elucidated the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in diabetic heart disease, and she was among the first to demonstrate that mitochondrial uncoupling impairs cardiac efficiency in obesity. Her current research focuses on unraveling the mechanisms underlying cardiometabolic diseases. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Boudina has received numerous accolades, including postdoctoral fellowships from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the American Heart Association, as well as a Scientist Development Grant from the American Heart Association.

Dr. Boudina actively mentors students through different mentoring programs at the University of Utah including the Native American Summer Research Program and the Rural and Underserved Utah Training Experience. She has also made significant contributions to the University of Utah community, serving as Chair of the MD-PhD MSTP Program, Chair of the College of Health College Council, and currently as Chair of the National Institutes of Health Integrative Myocardial Physiology/Pathophysiology A (MPPA) Study Section.