In My Community

Over the years, the Association has invested more than $550 million and provided funding for nearly 4,000 research projects, with a continuing emphasis on training new investigators and pursuing novel strategies for curing, treating and preventing both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. In the Pittsburgh area, the American Diabetes Association has invested approximately $10 million in research and supported 22 new and ongoing research projects.
 
In 2011, the American Diabetes Association's Research Program committed over $3 million in NEW research grants and has more than 400 ongoing Association-sponsored research projects nationwide at over 146 leading research institutions in the country.

Currently Funded Research in Pittsburgh Area

ChREBP and glucose-stimulated beta cell proliferation
Donald Scott
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Pro-angiogenic microRNA let-7f regulation of wound healing in diabetes
Alex Chen
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Mechanisms of mitochondria impairment in obesity and type 2 diabetes
Vladimir Ritov, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Long term effects of receiving preconception counseling in early adolescence
Denise Charron-Prochownik, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Decreased fat oxidation - metabolic inflexibility in African-American women

James DeLany, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Environmental triggers, ER-stress and type 1 diabetes
Jon Piganelli, PhD
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA

Activation of the early and late G1/S cell cycle molecules as a means of enhancing human beta cell regeneration

Nathalie Madeleine Fiaschi-Taesch, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Evaluation of skeletal muscle oxidative metabolism in type II diabetes by quantitative
Xiang He, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Redox modulation of LAG-3 for inhibition of diabetogenic TH1 cell activation
Jon Piganelli, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Redesigning diabetes care delivery in primary care using medication algorithms

Janice Christine Zgibor, RPh, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA