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Basic Research Scientists at UMass Chan Diabetes Center of Excellence

Click on the following Principal Investigators to learn about their diabetes research

Co-Chairs

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Dale Greiner, PhD

Categories: Faculty, Research, humanized mice, immune-modulation, tumor immune infiltrate

DCOE Co-Director,
Professor of Molecular Medicine,
The Herman G. Berkman Chair in Diabetes Care Innovation

Reconstructing human Type 1 diabetes in novel humanized preclinical models investigating cells & tissues derived from T1D patients

Testing genetically modified stem cell-derived islets to protect them from autoimmune attack
David Harlan, MD

Categories: Faculty, Research, humanized mice, immune-modulation

DCOE Co-Director,
The William and Doris Krupp Professor of Medicine; Director, Breakthrough T1D New England Center of Excellence

Exploring beta cell biology & anti-beta cell immune responses

Developing innovative techniques to sort human pancreatic islet cell subsets from donors with diabetes to determine the transcriptome from those purified cells

Basic Research Faculty

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Basic Research Scientists at UMass Chan Diabetes Center of Excellence

Click on the following Principal Investigators to learn about their diabetes research

Co-Chairs

Dale Greiner, PhD

DCOE Co-Director,
Professor of Molecular Medicine,
The Herman G. Berkman Chair in Diabetes Care Innovation

David Harlan, MD

DCOE Co-Director,
The William and Doris Krupp Professor of Medicine; Director, Breakthrough T1D New England Center of Excellence

Basic Research Faculty

Michael Brehm, PhD

DCOE Associate Director,
Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Harvey A. Shultz Chair in Diabetes, Co-Director, UMass Humanized Mouse Core

Silvia Corvera, MD

Professor of Molecular Medicine, Endowed Chair in Diabetes Research, Director, Clinical Translational Research Pathway, T.H. Chan School of Medicine

Michael Czech, PhD

Professor of Molecular Medicine,
The Isadore and Fannie Foxman Chair of Medical Research

Roger Davis, PhD

Chair, Program in Molecular Medicine, H. Arthur Smith Chair in Biomedical Research; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

Accalia Fu, PhD

Assistant Professor of Molecular Medicine; Investigator, Breakthrough T1D New England Center of Excellence

David Guertin, PhD

Professor of Molecular Medicine

Adilson Guilherme, PhD

Associate Professor of Molecular Medicine

Sally Kent, PhD

Associate Professor, The George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Term Chair in Diabetes; Investigator, Breakthrough T1D New England Center of Excellence

Jason Kim, PhD

Professor of Molecular Medicine, Director, Metabolic Disease Research Center

René Maehr, PhD

Associate Professor of Molecular Medicine, Investigator, Breakthrough T1D New England Center of Excellence

Louis Messina, MD

Professor of Surgery, The Johnnie Ray Cox Term Chair in Biomedical Research

Tiffany Moore Simas, MD

Chair and Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Founding Director, Ob/Gyn Research Division

Tammy Nguyen, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Medical Director, UMass Memorial Lower Extremity Wound Clinic

Leslie Rowland, PhD

Assistant Professor of Molecular Medicine

Jennifer Wang, MD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology; Investigator, Breakthrough T1D New England Center of Excellence

Batuhan Yenilmez, PhD

Assistant Professor of Molecular Medicine

Basic Research Scientists at UMass Chan Diabetes Center of Excellence

Click on the following Principal Investigators to learn about their diabetes research

Co-Chairs

Dale Greiner, PhD

DCOE Co-Director, Professor of Molecular Medicine,The Herman G. Berkman Chair in Diabetes Care Innovation

David Harlan, MD

DCOE Co-Director, The William and Doris Krupp Professor of Medicine; Director, Breakthrough T1D New England Center of Excellence

Basic Research Faculty

Michael Brehm, PhD

DCOE Associate Director,Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Harvey A. Shultz Chair in Diabetes, Co-Director, UMass Humanized Mouse Core

Silvia Corvera, MD

Professor of Molecular Medicine, Endowed Chair in Diabetes Research, Director, Clinical Translational Research Pathway, T.H. Chan School of Medicine

Michael Czech, PhD

Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Isadore and Fannie Foxman Chair of Medical Research

Roger Davis, PhD

Chair, Program in Molecular Medicine, H. Arthur Smith Chair in Biomedical Research; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

Accalia Fu, PhD

Assistant Professor of Molecular Medicine; Investigator, Breakthrough T1D New England Center of Excellence

David Guertin, PhD

Professor of Molecular Medicine

Adilson Guilherme, PhD

Associate Professor of Molecular Medicine

Sally Kent, PhD

Associate Professor, The George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Term Chair in Diabetes; Investigator, Breakthrough T1D New England Center of Excellence

Jason Kim, PhD

Professor of Molecular Medicine, Director, Metabolic Disease Research Center

René Maehr, PhD

Associate Professor of Molecular Medicine, Investigator, Breakthrough T1D New England Center of Excellence

Louis Messina, MD

Professor of Surgery, The Johnnie Ray Cox Term Chair in Biomedical Research

Tiffany Moore Simas, MD

Chair and Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Founding Director, Ob/Gyn Research Division

Tammy Nguyen, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Medical Director, UMass Memorial Lower Extremity Wound Clinic

Leslie Rowland, PhD

Assistant Professor of Molecular Medicine

Jennifer Wang, MD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology; Investigator, Breakthrough T1D New England Center of Excellence

Batuhan Yenilmez, PhD

Assistant Professor of Molecular Medicine

DCOE Co-Director,
Professor of Molecular Medicine,
The Herman G. Berkman Chair in Diabetes Care Innovation

DCOE Co-Director,
The William and Doris Krupp Professor of Medicine; Director, Breakthrough T1D New England Center of Excellence

DCOE Associate Director,
Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Harvey A. Shultz Chair in Diabetes, Co-Director, UMass Humanized Mouse Core

Professor of Molecular Medicine,
The Isadore and Fannie Foxman Chair of Medical Research