Guoqiang Gu Lab - A lab member shares a smile while sorting samples.
John Stafford - John is interested in defining and targeting the pathways that lead to cardiovascular disease in high-risk patients with obesity, diabetes, and the elderly.
Sophie Jouan - replaces tubing on lab equipment.
Poster Presentations - Training the next generation of scientists and physicians who will improve the lives of patients with diabetes.
About the DRTC
is a NIH-sponsored Diabetes Center that facilitates the discovery, application, and translation of scientific knowledge to improve the lives of people with diabetes.
DIABETES DAY 2016
Vanderbilt Diabetes: Molecules to People
Thursday, November 3rd, 2016, Student Life Center
Keynote Speakers:
Barbara Corkey, PhD
Boston University School of Medicine
Elbert Huang, MD, MPH, FACP
The University of Chicago
More information can be found here: Diabetes Day 2016
Saturday, September 24, 2016
Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park
Please click here to learn more »
Gifts highlight strong, lasting bonds between patients and healers
Gratitude and validation: Michael Fowler, M.D.
An enduring tribute: Shubhada Jagasia, M.D., MMHC
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and it cores provide services to investigators
with externally funded, diabetes-related
translational research.
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Research Headlines
Featured Investigator:
E. Brian Welch, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Featured Scholar:
Calendar
Attend one of our upcoming meetings or seminars! Note that this calendar includes the BIG and MetabIG series!| When and where | Topic and related details | |
|---|---|---|
| Sep. 30 12:00 PM 206 Preston Research Building | DRTC / CDTR Seminar Andrea Cherrington, M.D., M.P.H, , Univ of Alabama | |
| Oct. 7 12:00 PM 206 Preston Research Building | DRTC Friday Seminar Series Cyndya A. Shibao, M.D., VUMC | |
| Oct. 12 9:00 AM 512 Light Hall | Beta Cell Interest Group (BIG) Emily M. Walker, PhD (Stein lab) Examples of how MafA and MafB can influence human β cells | |
| Oct. 14 12:00 PM 206 Preston Research Building | DRTC Friday Seminar Series Raymond D. Blind, Ph.D., VUMC Novel Structure-based Mechanisms for Nuclear Receptor Interventions in the Diabetic Liver | |
| Oct. 26 9:00 AM 512 Light Hall | Beta Cell Interest Group (BIG) Joey Elsakr (Gannon (lab) TBA | |
Members & Leadership
DRTC Faculty MembersDRTC Executive Committee
More information
- Vanderbilt DRTC Investigators by Research Area
- Vanderbilt Diabetes Research-Support Our Efforts
- Center for Translation Research (CDTR)
- NIDDK-supported Diabetes Research Centers (DRCs)
- Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center (MMPC)
- American Diabetes Association (ADA)
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
- Vanderbilt Institute for Obesity & Metabolism (VIOM)
- NIDDK: Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
- Vanderbilt Medical Student Training Program (MSTP)
- Vanderbilt Student Research Training Program (SRTP)
The Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center is supported by NIH grant DK20593.
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