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Washington State is home to important diabtes research centers. Your donations to the American Diabetes Association fund millions of dollars in grants to local researchers. For more information about any of these projects, please visit their websites for additional details and contact information.

Project Title: Humoral network in type 1 diabetes

• Type of Support: Basic Science
• Researcher: Christiane S. Hampe, PhD; University of Washington
• Project dates: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2011
• Focus: Immunology, Type 1 diabetes
• Website/Bio: https://depts.washington.edu/doce/faculty/hampe-phd

Project Title: Characterization of autoreactive memory T cells in T1D

• Type of Support: Basic Science
• Researcher: Helena Kristiina Reijonen, PhD; Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason
• Project dates: 7/1/2009 - 6/30/2012
• Focus: Immunology, Type 1 diabetes
• Website/Bio: https://www.benaroyaresearch.org/our-research/faculty/helena-reijonen

Project Title: Neonatal diabetes, sulfonylureas and KATP channels

• Type of Support: Basic Science 
• Researcher: Joseph Bryan, Ph.D.; Pacific Northwest Research Institute
• Project dates: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2012
• Focus: Islet Biology\Channels, Single Cell Studies, and Calcium Signaling; Islet Biology\Signal Transduction; Islet Biology\Metabolic Regulation; Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes
• Website/Bio: http://www.pnri.org/research/bryan/

Project Title: Effects of aerobic exercise on cognition for memory-impaired older adults with prediabetes

• Type of Support: Henry Becton Innovation
• Researcher: Laura Dehaven Baker, PhD; VA Puget Sound Health Care System and the University of Washington School of Medicine Effects
• Project dates: 1/1/2011 - 12/31/2012
• Focus: Exercise\Human, Insulin Action\Insulin Resistance, Pre-diabetes/insulin resistance
• Website/Bio: http://www.uwpsychiatry.org/ResultsDetail.aspx?EmployeeID=756 

Project Title: Inflammatory dendritic cells in adipose tissue inflammation and insulin resistance

• Type of Support: Clinical/Translational Research
• Researcher: Mario Kratz, PhD; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
• Project dates: 7/1/2009 - 6/30/2012
• Focus: Obesity, Integrated Physiology\Insulin Resistance, Insulin Action\Insulin Resistance Obesity
• Website/Bio: https://www.fhcrc.org/science/phs/cprp/faculty/kratz.html 

Project Title: Training in islet gene regulation and pancreas/islet transplantation programs

• Type of Support: Mentor-Based Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Researcher: R. Paul Robertson, MD; Pacific Northwest Research Institute
• Project dates: 7/1/2010 - 6/30/2014
• Focus: Islet Biology\Hormone Secretion and Exocytosis, Islet Biology\Beta Cell Transcription Regulation, Transplantation Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes
• Website/Bio: http://www.pnri.org/research/robertson/ 

Project Title: Functional and morphological changes of the beta cell

• Type of Support: Mentor-Based Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Researcher: Steven Emanuel Kahn, MB, ChB; Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research
• Project dates: 7/1/2007 - 6/30/2011
• Focus: Integrated Physiology\Insulin Secretion and Islet Hormones, Integrated Physiology\Insulin Resistance, Islet Biology Type 2 diabetes
• Website/Bio: http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/record/NCT00990184 

Project Title: The entry of glucose into mammalian cells: structure and function of human glucose transporters

• Type of Support: Career Development
• Researcher: Tamir Gonen, PhD; University of Washington
• Project dates: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2013
• Focus: Insulin Action\Glucose Transport, Integrated Physiology\Regulation of Food Intake, Type 2 diabetes
• Website/Bio: http://depts.washington.edu/biowww/faculty/gonen.html