Dr. Slawson received his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Indiana University and then his Ph.D. from the University of South Florida. Next, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Slawson joined KUMC in 2011. Since his arrival, his laboratory has published 11 papers on the role of O-GlcNAc in human health and disease. He has received funding from the National Institute of Health and the University of Kansas.