Muriel Babey

Bio

Muriel Babey, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Gerontology & Metabolism at Stanford University. She is a physician–scientist who specializes in metabolic bone disease and osteoporosis, with a focus on skeletal health during reproductive transitions and aging, as well as disorders of calcium and parathyroid metabolism.

Originally from Switzerland, Dr. Babey earned her medical degree in Switzerland and completed fellowship training in Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco. During her postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Holly Ingraham at UCSF, her work focused on identifying CCN3 as a maternal brain–derived osteoanabolic hormone critical for lactation, uncovering a previously unrecognized neuroendocrine axis regulating bone formation and marrow adiposity.

Dr. Babey directs a research program that integrates human cohort studies with mechanistic models to define endocrine pathways coordinating skeletal and metabolic resilience across reproductive transitions and aging. Her work centers on identifying secreted factors and interorgan communication networks that regulate bone health, with the goal of advancing translational strategies for osteoporosis and related metabolic diseases. Her research is supported by an NIH K08 award, and she is a recipient of the Endocrine Society Early Investigator Award and the ASBMR John Haddad Early Investigator Award.

Academic Appointments

• Assistant Professor, Medicine - Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism
• Member, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI)

Honors & Awards

• ASBMR John Haddad Early Investigator Award, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (2025)
• Endocrine Society Early Investigator Award, Endocrine Society (2025)
• Finalist, UCSF Physician-Scientist Scholar Program, University of California, San Francisco (2024)
• ENDO 2022 Annual Meeting Early Career Travel Award, Endocrine Society (2022)
• ENDO 2022 Annual Meeting Outstanding Abstract Award, Endocrine Society (2022)
• ASBMR 2021 Annual Meeting Young Investigator Travel Award, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (2021)
• Weill Award for Junior Investigators in the Neurosciences, UCSF, University of California, San Francisco (2021)
• Scholar of the Year, Alameda Health System, Oakland, Alameda Health System (2017)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Novartis Foundation (2010)
• ENDO 2009 Annual Meeting Early Career Travel Award, Endocrine Society (2009)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Janggen-Poehn Foundation (2009)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Swiss National Research Foundation (2008)