What area of diabetes research does your project cover? What role will this particular project play in preventing, treating and/or curing diabetes? My proposed project is part of precision prevention in diabetes research. In this project, we will characterize genetic-type 2 diabetes subtypes using information from small biological molecules present in the blood of the human body. This will help to understand why some individuals develop type 2 diabetes and complications, and why others do not. If a person with diabetes were to ask you how your project will help them in the future, how would