This ADA's Research Database will allow you to search for useful information on Association-funded research grant awardees. This resource is intended to be an easy way to learn more about the American Diabetes Association's Research Program, and the important work being done through the generous donations of our donors.
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Alaina, P, MD
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
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The number of cases of type 2 diabetes in teenagers is steadily increasing. We currently treat obesity in youth at risk for diabetes by recommending that they change the type and quantity of food they...
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MD, Imam, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness in the working age population. Blindness in this disease is often caused by abnormal blood vessels growth in the eye, through a process called...
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Kalie, L, MD
University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
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More than 70% of individuals with youth-onset type 2 diabetes develop high blood pressure during adolescence and young adulthood and the majority fail to achieve systolic blood pressure control
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Anthony, T, PhD
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
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Novel Interventions in Children’s Healthcare (NICH) is a behavioral health program targeting health disparities in high-risk youth with diabetes who experience chronically high blood sugars and/or...
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Deirdre, Kay, DSc
Brigham and Women's Hospital
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This proposal seeks to develop a cutting-edge methods research tool for the context of nutritional lifestyle exposures. The objective of this proposal’s advancement and application of this tool, the...
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Jonathan, V, PhD
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) and Type 2 diabetes (T2D) are devastating diseases caused by distinct and poorly understood mechanisms. Pancreatic islets play critical roles in both diseases, and recent...
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Lukasz, Szczerbinski, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
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In recent years, there has been a fast increase in the number of people with diabetes. This is because of changes in our diet, including in higher sugar content. One of the most effective classes of...
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Sarah, A, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
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Risk for diabetes mellitus (DM) and cardiovascular disease is relatively high in African-descent populations. The goal of this project is to characterize genomic, immune, and metabolic biomarkers...
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Elizabeth, A, MD
University of Colorado, Denver
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People living with prediabetes are advised to lose weight to prevent development of type 2 diabetes by participating in intensive lifestyle interventions (ILI’s), such as PreventT2. The PreventT2...
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Cassandra, N, PhD
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Genetic studies have identified many DNA regions that affect whether an individual has inherited a high risk for developing type 2 diabetes (T2D); however, most of these findings are not yet being...