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DRI and DRIF Participate in 2012 World Stem Cell Summit

DRI and DRIF Participate in 2012 World Stem Cell Summit

Read the highlights from last year's program. December 15, 2011 (Hollywood, FL) – The Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) and Foundation (DRIF) will co-sponsor the 8th annual World Stem Cell Summit, scheduled for Dec. 3 – 5, 2012 at the Palm Beach Convention...

DRI Foundation Receives $3 Million Legacy Gift From Shirley Harris

DRI Foundation Receives $3 Million Legacy Gift From Shirley Harris

Longtime donor will be honored at special reception at Diabetes Research Institute A snowbird who splits her time between Bal Harbour and New York, Shirley Harris attends several DRIF events throughout the year in both regions. HOLLYWOOD, FL (December 5, 2011) - The...

8 Safe Driving Tips

8 Safe Driving Tips

Driving with diabetes?  Follow these eight useful tips to arrive at your holiday destination safely! Adapted from a Diabetes Health article Millions of Americans will be traveling for the holidays, and with air travel frustration at an all-time high, a good portion of...

UM ranked No. 38 by US News “Best Colleges”

UM ranked No. 38 by US News “Best Colleges”

Adapted from a Univesity of Miami press release UM is the only school currently in the top 50 to move up nine spots in one year and 29 spots in the past 10 years. September 13, 2011 — In the 2012 edition of the U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Colleges”...

Major NIH Grant to Advance DRI’s Transplant Immunology Research

Major NIH Grant to Advance DRI’s Transplant Immunology Research

The previous research done with mesenchymal stem cells by Dr. Norma Kenyon and her team, together with Dr. Amelia Bartholomew, laid the groundwork for this major NIH Program Project grant. Building upon their preliminary work with mesenchymal stem cells, the DRI’s Dr....

DRI and Global Collaborators Build Upon Revolutionary Technique

DRI and Global Collaborators Build Upon Revolutionary Technique

Miami, FL  (July 20, 2011) – Researchers at the Diabetes Research Institute and Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and scientists from the Rolf Luft Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology...

DRI Research Featured on Covers of Three Prestigious Journals

DRI Research Featured on Covers of Three Prestigious Journals

The global alliance between Diabetes Research Institute and its partners at Diabetes Research Institute Federation centers has produced a string of research results that have been given cover stories in three of the most prestigious scientific journals in the country...

Top 7 Summertime Fundraising Ideas that Everyone can do

Top 7 Summertime Fundraising Ideas that Everyone can do

Yes you can plan a summertime neighborhood water balloon fight fundraiser! 1. Lemonade Stand No one can resist buying a cup of cool, refreshing lemonade from the neighborhood kids.  Pair it with some homemade cookies, fresh fruit or an ice cream bar...

Young Adults…That’s YOU…Now What? By Dr. Wendy Satin Rapaport

Young Adults…That’s YOU…Now What? By Dr. Wendy Satin Rapaport

According to Dr. Wendy Satin Rapaport, people with diabetes make excellent mates! (June 2011) Now you’re on your own. You leave the over- or under- protective nest and then, there you are, not a child with diabetes but an adult with diabetes. And you might be...

Diabetes Diplomats: Finding the Hero Within

Diabetes Diplomats: Finding the Hero Within

Briana Pashcow created her own fundraising page and raised more than $10,000 in honor of her mom. (June 2011) If diabetes is a part of your life, then it’s likely you’ve felt overwhelmed by the everyday burdens of the disease more than once.  And perhaps Mariah...

Juan Elias Calles Secures Million Dollar Round Table Grant for DRI

Juan Elias Calles Secures Million Dollar Round Table Grant for DRI

Juan Elias Calles presents the Million Dollar Round Table Foundation grant to Dr. Camillo Ricordi, DRI scientific director. (May 2011) Coral Gables resident Juan Elias Calles, CLU, ChFC, of Union Central Life Insurance Company secured a $10,000 grant recently from the...

Italy Honors Dr. Camillo Ricordi During Historic Celebration

Italy Honors Dr. Camillo Ricordi During Historic Celebration

A 3D holographic image of Dr. Ricordi is on display in Italy. (April 19, 2011)  Italy is celebrating its 150th year marking Il Risorgimento, or the Resurgence – the period in which city-states and regions ruled by religious or monarchical leaders united to form one...

DRIF Appoints Bernadette Toomey Director of Northeast Region

DRIF Appoints Bernadette Toomey Director of Northeast Region

HOLLYWOOD, Florida (March 1, 2011) – The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Bernadette Toomey as Director of its Northeast Region.  As the region’s chief development officer, Ms. Toomey will be responsible for...

Minicucci, Inserra Families Unite to Bring Groundbreaking Clinical Trials to Patients

New Jersey – Florida Partnership to Speed Diabetes Research

A Cure for Diabetes is One Step Closer  (January 6, 2011) - The MOLLY and LINDSEY Diabetes Research Foundation at Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) and the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI), a Center of Excellence at the University of Miami Miller School of...

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