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DRI Researcher Publishes in New England Journal of Medicine

DRI Researcher Publishes in New England Journal of Medicine

Read Dr. Alessia Fornoni's article in The New England Journal of Medicine Alessia Fornoni, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at the Miller School, has published an invited editorial in the November 18...

Tibi Creates Garment to Benefit the DRI and Honor Alfred Shaheen

Tibi Creates Garment to Benefit the DRI and Honor Alfred Shaheen

One hundred dollars will be donated to the DRI for each Tibi tee sold. (October 13, 2010)  New York-based fashion line Tibi is creating a printed t-shirt for the Diabetes Research Institute to honor Alfred Shaheen, who passed away on December 28, 2008 from...

Exercise + Drug Therapy: What’s the Combined Impact?

Exercise + Drug Therapy: What’s the Combined Impact?

Dr. Luigi Meneghini and his team at the DRI's Kosow Center will be conducting a study to determine if exercise plus drug therapy can further reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes. DRI researchers are launching a study of type 2 diabetes...

DRI Resolute in Commitment to Stem Cell Research

DRI Resolute in Commitment to Stem Cell Research

The Diabetes Research Institute is pursuing many types of stem cells in an effort to overcome the shortage of insulin-producing cells. Despite the continuing debate over federally-funded stem cell research, the DRI remains committed to moving this promising area of...

DRI to Present Alternative Transplant Site Research

DRI to Present Alternative Transplant Site Research

Miami (July 2010) - Dr. Norma Kenyon is part of a team of DRI researchers whose work in identifying alternative sites for transplanted islets has been selected for presentation at the prestigious Transplantation Society's 23rd Congress in Vancouver, Canada....

Exercise + Drug Therapy: What’s the Combined Impact?

Kosow Center Earns Top Rank by Patients

Miami (July 2010) - After a survey of patients completed by the University of Miami Medical Group, the Kosow Diabetes Treatment Center at the Diabetes Research Institute was recognized with an award for the highest patient ratings at the University of Miami Miller...

DRI to Present Alternative Transplant Site Research

New Study: Combining Tools Improves Glucose Control

(July 2010) New findings from a one-year study conducted at 30 medical centers, including the Diabetes Research Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, show that type 1 diabetes patients achieve better glucose control using an insulin pump in...

Smith School Students Lend Their Classmate a “Hand”

Smith School Students Lend Their Classmate a “Hand”

First-grader Leo Gregory points to a Helping Hands poster at Tenafly NJ’s Smith School. (May 2010) - Elementary-school students at The Smith School in Tenafly, NJ, recently stepped up to support their classmate, Leo Gregory, with a project that...

DRI’s Dr. Norma Kenyon is Honored as a Healthcare Hero

DRI’s Dr. Norma Kenyon is Honored as a Healthcare Hero

Dr. Norma Kenyon said that “it takes a village” to achieve greatness in healthcare. (May, 2010) - In the diabetes community, the DRI’s Norma Sue Kenyon, Ph.D., has always been a hero.  And in May of this year, she was given the title in an official capacity...

Camillo Ricordi Inducted into Prestigious Association

Camillo Ricordi Inducted into Prestigious Association

The new AAP inductees are from left: Richard Cote, M.D., Camillo Ricordi, M.D., Antonio Bianco, M.D., Ph.D., and Joyce Slingerland, M.D., Ph.D. DRI Scientific Director Dr. Camillo Ricordi, together with three other physicians from the University of Miami Miller...

MichCanSka 2010 Benefits the Diabetes Research Institute

MichCanSka 2010 Benefits the Diabetes Research Institute

MichCanSka 2010 Benefits the Diabetes Research Institute (February 25, 2010) – The Winter Olympics aren’t the only snowy weather events taking the spotlight in Canada right now.  MichCanSka 2010 is an international snowmobiling charity ride from Michigan to Alaska...

DRI to Present Alternative Transplant Site Research

Science Journal Highlights DRI Islet Transplantation Research

Hollywood, FL (January 29, 2010) -  A special edition of the American Journal of Transplantation focusing on islet transplantation features several studies conducted by scientists at the Diabetes Research Institute, reinforcing the DRI's leadership...

Henri Crockett and Zack Crockett to Host Diamond Ball

Henri Crockett and Zack Crockett to Host Diamond Ball

HOLLYWOOD, FL (January 7, 2010) – On Tuesday evening February 2, 2010, the glitz and glamour of South Beach will converge upon The Clevelander Hotel located at 1020 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL when former NFL players Henri & Zack Crockett welcome scores of...

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