About Us

The UF Diabetes Center is internationally recognized as a leader in efforts to predict, prevent, and cure diabetes. Over the past five years, approximately 2,500 people have participated in one or more of the Center’s clinical trials or studies. The Center has ongoing funding from the National Institutes of Health/NIDDK, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the American Diabetes Association, the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, and other private funding agencies. Current total annual research funding exceeds $5 million. Cumulative scholarship produced by Diabetes Center faculty well exceeds 1100 papers, chapters and books.

The Center oversees the care of approximately 1000 children and youth with diabetes from across the United States and its territories, providing comprehensive care and access to current diabetes-related technologies. The Center’s faculty and staff serve on editorial boards and committees at the field’s preeminent organizations, including the American Diabetes Association, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes. They have provided federal testimony and appeared at legislative hearings on combating diabetes-related discrimination. These, and other efforts, have resulted in the receipt of the highest awards in the field.