Jing Chen

UF and UF Health faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students submitted a record number of original research presentations for the American Diabetes Association’s 74th Scientific Sessions held June 13-17, 2014 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. This year's submissions represent one of the largest showcases of research emanating from UF.

Jing Chen, MD, PhD, researcher at the UF Diabetes Center of Excellence, will receive a $300,000 research grant to study Lymphocyte Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Type 1 diabetes, allowing further understanding of how mitochondria function affects two important cellular players in T1D: T cells and beta cells. Read more.