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Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)

The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) serves as an external consultant to the Diabetes Research Institute, evaluating research programs and progress, as well as providing guidance and assistance in administrative policies and issues. The members of the SAB are appointed by the Dean of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and the University’s Vice President and Provost.

The SAB meets with DRI faculty on a regular basis and presents a written report to the Dean of the School of Medicine. The DRI’s Scientific Advisory Board is comprised of several distinguished scientists who have earned international recognition for their contributions to diabetes research.

Senior Vice President, Dean, College of Medicine
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Director, Sarah Stedman Center for Nutritional Studies
W. David and Sarah W. Stedman Distinguished Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Duke University Medical Center

Director, Clinical Islet Transplant Program
Canadian Research Chair in Transplantation (CIHR/Wyeth)
University of Alberta

Michael J. Friedlander Professor of Medicine
Professor of Microbiology & Immunology and Surgical Services
Columbia Center for Translational Immunology (CCTI)
Columbia University Medical Center

Professor of Pediatrics, Pathology, Human Genetics and Epidemiology
University of Pittsburgh
Hillman Professor of Pediatric Immunology
Head, Division of Immunogenetics
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Professor of Immunology
Nuffield Department of Surgery
University of Oxford
John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford, U.K.

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