Ashby Walker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Services Research, Management & Policy, and Director of Behavioral Research at the UF Diabetes Institute, will be teaching the T1D Directed Research Course in the 2024 Spring Semester. The course aims to expose students to the following: (1) knowledge of…
Mollie Huber and Miguel Medina-Serpas are recipients of the HIRN 2023 Annual Investigator Meeting! Award recipients were selected solely based on evaluations by HIRN members on their presentations (oral or poster) at the Annual Investigator Meeting. Oral presentations were evaluated by all audience attendees and posters were evaluated by 3…
Dr. Mark Atkinson is currently the American Diabetes Association Eminent Scholar for Diabetes Research at the University of Florida (UF), the Jeffrey Keene Family Professor, and the Director for the UF Diabetes Institute. The author of over 600 publications, 2023 marks his 40th year of investigation into the field of type…
UF Pediatric Endocrinology team ranked top 10 nationally Please join us in congratulating the UF Pediatric Endocrinology team for their recognition as the highest-ranked specialty at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital and as a top 10 nationally ranked program by U.S. News & World Report! To read…
Extraordinary Leaders in Diabetes Research, Prevention, and Treatment to be Recognized at the ADA’s 83rd Scientific Sessions.
The UF Diabetes Institute is pleased to present the 2022 Year in Review, which serves as a reflection of our countless achievements throughout the past year, as a global leader in diabetes research, patient care, and education.
Congratulations Drs. Michael Haller and Todd Brusko for the UF COM Faculty Research Award!…
It is with great sadness that the University of Florida Diabetes Institute (UFDI) announces the loss of one of our former lab members and close friends, Sarah Katherine Wellford. Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in her teens, Sarah chose to pursue a career path…
A major step toward transforming the understanding of cardiovascular and kidney disease in the millions of Americans with diabetes occurred Thursday when the National Institutes of Health designated the University of Florida Diabetes Institute the home for a new biobank of human heart and kidney tissue. A…
Sarah Kim, Ph.D., an assistant professor of pharmaceutics in the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, has been awarded a three-year, $750,000 grant from JDRF to study improvements to pancreatic imaging.
