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Research in Massachusetts

The American Diabetes Association's Research Program supports diabetes research aimed at preventing, treating, and curing diabetes.The diabetes research projects we support cover the spectrum from islet cell biology and transplantation techniques, to studies in education and behavioral science.

Association-funded discoveries have yielded inventions such as the portable insulin pump, produced new procedures like pancreas donor-cell transplantation and provided many new drugs that people with diabetes depend on.

• Nearly 4,000 research projects funded since program inception
• Over the life of the program, more than $550 million invested in diabetes research
• We have provided funding for $33.55 million in 2009 and 2010.
• More than 400 active Association-sponsored research projects at 140 institutions nationwide
• Thanks to this research, key discoveries have been made that make life better for those living with diabetes

Diabetes Research in Massachusetts

The American Diabetes Association is currently funding forty research projects right here in Massachusetts, with total grant commitments to local institutions exceeding $17 Million!

Meet some of the Association-funded researchers in Massachusetts:

Name: John Peter Mordes
Location: University of Massachusetts Medical School Worchester, Massachusetts
Name of project: Towards new therapeutic approaches to type 1 diabetes based on rat immunobiology
General Research Subject: Type 1 Diabetes
Focus: Genetics\Type 1 Diabetes, Immunology
Type of Grant: Basic Science
Project Start Date: July 1, 2011
Project End Date: June 30, 2014

Read John Mordes profile and research description.

Name: Paolo Fiorina
Location:Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts
Name of project: Antigen specific regulatory B cells: a new therapy for type 1 diabetes
Genreal Research Subject: Type 1 Diabetes
Focus: Complications\Nephropathy, Immunology, Transplantation
Type of grant: Mentor Based Postdoctoral Fellowship
Project Start Date: July 1, 2011
Project End Date: June 30, 2015

Read Paolo Fiorina profile and research description.

Name: George King, MD
Location: Joslin Diabetes Center Boston, Massachusetts
Name of project: Surrogate Markers for Early Diabetic Retinopathy
general Research Subject: Both Type 1 And Type 2 Diabetes
Focus: Clinical Therapeutics/New Technology\Pharmacologic Treatment of Diabetes or its Complications, Complications\Ocular, Pediatrics\Type 1
Type of Grant: Merck
Project Start Date: July 1, 2010
Project End Date: June 30, 2012

Read Dr. King's profile and research description.

Name: Lucia Sobrin, MD
Location: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Boston, Massachusetts
Name of project: Admixture mapping to discover diabetic retinopathy genes in African Americans
General Research Subject: Type 2 Diabetes
Focus: Type 2 Diabetes
Type of Grant: Clinical Translational Research
Project Start Date: January 1, 2011
Project End Date: December 31, 201

Read Dr. Lucia's profile and research description.

Name: Laurie J. Goodyear, PhD
Location:Joslin Diabetes Center Boston, Massachusetts
Name of project: Mechanisms of exercise-regulated glucose transport in skeletal muscle
General Research Subject: Type 2 Diabetes
Focus: Exercise\Regulation of Muscle Metabolism
Type of Grant: Mentor Based Postdoctoral Fellowship
Project Start Date: July 1, 2008
Project End Date: June 30, 2012

Read Dr. Goodyear's profile and research description.

Meet all of our researchers!

Use our Research Database to find profiles and descriptions of all American Diabetes Association-funded researchers and their work, in Massachusetts and all across the country.