Google Health Gift Celebration on Thursday, August 13, 2026 at Malachowsky Hall in Gainesville, Fla. / photo by Tim Casey, UF Advancement Today, Google.org announced their support of the UF Diabetes Institute and our efforts to expand diabetes care across Florida and beyond. We are proud to celebrate this…
Congratulations to Allison Bayer, Ph.D., and Edward Phelps, Ph.D., on receiving a Research Opportunity Seed Fund (ROSF) for the UF College of Medicine Office of Research’s 2026 cycle! Read a description of their project below. “In people living with Type 1 diabetes, the immune system mistakenly attacks the…
We are pleased to showcase this spotlight piece from the University of Florida College of Medicine’s Dr. Gator publication highlighting the work of Jennifer Hosford, M.P.H.! Jennifer serves as a clinical research manager in the University of Florida College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, where she not only…
Congratulations to UFDI researchers Laura Jacobsen, Martha Campbell-Thompson, Clive Wasserfall, Mark Atkinson, and Desmond A. Schatz on their new Perspective review published in Diabetes Care. In “Identifying the Right Diagnosis of Diabetes in Death: Unlocking a Key to Understanding Type 1 Diabetes Pathogenesis,” the authors explore how research…
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Fahd Qadir, Ph.D., to the University of Florida Diabetes Institute as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine! Dr. Qadir’s lab investigates how pancreatic β-cells maintain mitochondrial resilience during metabolic and inflammatory stress, and how these…
We’re honored to share this feature on Books & Cooks, an innovative program developed by the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) and the UF Lastinger Center in the College of Education that combines literacy and nutrition education with hands-on cooking to help families establish healthy…
UF Health researchers Mark Atkinson, Clive Wasserfall, Todd Brusko, and Maigan Brusko joined colleagues from across the U.S. and Europe to map the earliest immune activity in Type 1 diabetes. Published in Nature Metabolism and highlighted by UF Health, the study offers new insight into the spatial and…
Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Gentry and collaborators on their latest publication in Nature Metabolism! Their study shows that brain glycogen plays an active role in regulating POMC neurons, which are crucial cells involved in appetite and energy balance. By offering new insight into how the brain senses fuel…
Exciting research out of the University of Florida is transforming how we understand and treat diabetes. Scientists at UF Health are making major strides in uncovering the biology behind the disease, with innovative approaches that could reshape the future of care by targeting the root causes of diabetes…
