Specific Aims
The mission of the MDRC is to promote new discoveries and enhance scientific progress through the support of cutting-edge basic and clinical research related to diabetes, its complications, and related disorders. The goals of the MDRC are to: create an environment that supports important and innovative research; attract and retain early stage investigators and investigators new to diabetes research; provide core services that leverage funding and unique expertise; foster interdisciplinary collaborations, especially in emerging areas of research, to catalyze new ideas and scientific approaches; raise awareness and interest in fundamental and clinical diabetes research at their institutions, as well as locally, regionally, and nationally; promote the translation of scientific discoveries from bench to bedside to improve public health; and enhance diabetes research education and training opportunities for patients, trainees, scientists, and clinicians. To do this, the MDRC aims to:
- Coordinate activities that raise awareness of, interest in, and support for basic and translational research in diabetes, its complications, and related endocrine and metabolic disorders at U-M and beyond.
- Provide research cores that offer shared, specialized technical resources and expertise that enhance the efficiency, productivity, and multidisciplinary nature of research performed by MDRC investigators.
- Support a Pilot and Feasibility (P/F) Grants Program.
- Provide support for diabetes-related research at Regional Partner Institutions.
The MDRC will continue to enhance the individual research efforts of its members, improving our understanding of physiology and pathophysiology relevant to diabetes and metabolism, empowering the search for novel therapeutics, and enhancing the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes and its associated disorders.
Goals
- Facilitate and focus basic molecular and cellular research in the area of diabetes and related metabolic and endocrine disorders.
- Promote the validation and application of relevant new basic knowledge in the clinical arena through rational, innovative and streamlined clinical, epidemiological and outcomes research.
- Evaluate, refine and disseminate new clinical knowledge regarding diabetes and related disorders into community health practices, especially in those communities at increased risk.
- Recruit, train, motivate and retain an effective pool of basic and clinical investigators and health care professional personnel in the area of diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism.
Contact
Brenda Phillips
Director of Administration
2800 Plymouth Road
B20 Room 3820
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2800
734-615-8164
Shay Aboutawila
Administrative Assistant
2800 Plymouth Road
B20 Room 3820
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2800
734-936-7296