Congratulations to Cherie Stabler, Ph.D., professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, for receiving a $1.7 million RO1 grant from the NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for her project, “Engineering Immunomodulatory Nanoscale Coatings for Protecting Islet Transplants.”…
Submit your abstract and join the University of Florida Diabetes Institute for our 2nd Annual UFDI Research Poster Session on November 13, 2020.
Sarah Westen, Ph.D., found her professional passions as a doctoral student. Now, she has the opportunity to pursue them in the place where it all started.
A protein thought to be the novel coronavirus’ entryway into the body could not be detected in the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas in three dozen individuals, the strongest evidence yet that COVID-19 is unlikely to trigger or worsen Type 1 diabetes, according to a new study co-authored by…
University of Florida and Stanford University researchers have identified areas in Florida and California where people with Type 1 diabetes may have difficulty getting the care and support they need to manage their disease. .
UF Health researchers are developing a new generation of tools to monitor diabetes in Florida youths and address disparities in diabetes diagnoses and care.
Todd M. Brusko, associate professor for UF Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, has been named Scientific Director of the UF Diabetes Institute (UFDI). Dr. Brusko joins the senior leadership team of the UFDI under its Director, Mark Atkinson, PhD, Pediatric Medical Director, Desmond Schatz, MD, and…
On Behalf of Jennifer Von Willer & American Diabetes Association Board of Directors Now Accepting 2021 Board Member and Elect-Officer Applications The Board of Directors of the American Diabetes Association is seeking accomplished leaders who want to make a difference for the 34 million Americans living with diabetes…
– An Interview with David Panzirer, Trustee, The Helmsley Charitable Trust – Over the last 13 years, the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has become one of the world’s largest financial supporters of type 1 diabetes research and care, at a global level. David Panzirer, a Trustee and…
UF Health Shands Children's Hospital's pediatric diabetes and endocrinology specialty is nationally ranked at No. 22.
