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Join us in celebration of World Diabetes Day on the UF campus on 11/14! Click to learn about our scheduled events.

The UFDI director was awarded the 2019 Jacobæus Prize, one of the top international honors in the field of endocrinology & metabolism, for contributions to groundbreaking T1D research.

All for ONE is seeking two female UF students with T1D to serve as mentors for teenagers with T1D. Email Xanadu Roque at xanadu.roque@peds.ufl.edu for more information.

We are now accepting abstracts for our World Diabetes Day Poster Session on Nov. 14th from 9:30-11:00 am in the HPNP Reception Hall.

Ashby Walker, Ph.D., director for health equity initiatives at the UF Diabetes Institute, was named as one of Diabetes Forecast Magazine's People to Know 2019! Dr. Walker was recognized for the Directed Research in Type 1 Diabetes class she developed for University of Florida students who have a personal connection to type 1 diabetes.

Applications opened on August 20th and will close on September 5th at midnight.

A group of University of Florida researchers will use a new $5 million grant to develop a “pancreatic islet on a chip”— a platform that will allow them to more efficiently and effectively study Type 1 diabetes and potential treatments for the condition.

University of Florida Health Shands Hospital ranks among the nation’s elite in seven adult medical specialties in U.S. News & World Report’s 2019-20 “Best Hospitals” report released today.

Doctors, workplace wellness programs and insurers are increasingly recommending fitness trackers, such as Fitbits, mobile health apps and other wearable devices as a standard intervention for improving patient and employee activity levels. But do the devices have an impact on health outcomes? A new University of Florida study suggests they may not.