UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center Member and Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Professor Monica Agarwal, M.D., recently spoke to UAB Department of Medicine (DOM) faculty, staff, and students during the DOM Grand Rounds.

Last month, Truman Grayson, UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) researcher V, was honored at the UAB Department of Medicine DOM STAR for Staff Excellence Awards reception.

In a new series, the UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC), a leader in the field of diabetes research, will highlight researchers from the across the UCDC, particularly those who manage day-to-day operations in the lab space. 

Director of the UAB Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and DiabetesAmbika Ashraf, M.D., recently published a study on hybrid diabetes (HD) in children and adolescents in the journal Endocrine Practice. Ashraf is also an associate director of the UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC).

UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center members and collaborators recently published “Leptin resistance in children with in utero exposure to maternal obesity and gestational diabetes” in the journal of Pediatric Obesity.

Sasanka Ramanadham, Ph.D., co-authored the paper recently published “A proteomic meta-analysis refinement of plasma extracellular vesicles” in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Data.

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) selected Kirk Habegger, Ph.D., associate professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism and scientist in the UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC), as the cohost of the new podcast DiabetesBio of its flagship journal Diabetes.

The UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) was recently featured in the Heersink School of Medicine (HSOM) UAB Medicine Magazine fall issue, within the eight-page spread, “A Canopy of Care: UAB is leading the way in advancing diabetes research.”

The Beatson Foundation recently awarded Sasanka Ramanadham, Ph.D., UAB professor in the Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology and senior scientist in the Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) a two-year grant award.

The UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) has compiled a list of diabetes-focused UAB MedCast podcast episodes from the last several months.

Birthdays for children and teenagers can be incredibly exciting. From the double-digit milestone to the sweet sixteen driving milestone, growing older can bring many new changes.

Bob and Emily Levine know Type 1 diabetes all too well­– their daughter Violet was diagnosed when she was just 10 years old on a family vacation. Since then, and even before Violet’s diagnosis, the Levines have been on a mission to raise awareness about and advocate for diabetes.

The UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center is comprised of faculty members conducting basic, translational, and clinical research related to diabetes and its complications.

JDRF invited UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center Director Anath Shalev, M.D., to the Global T1D Cures Strategy Workshop: Genetic Engineering Approaches for T1D Workshop in October.

UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center Member and Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Assistant Professor Alexandra Dodd, M.D. recently sat down with UAB MedCast podcast to talk about updates in diabetes treatment.

UAB Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Associate Professor and Scientist in the Comprehensive Diabetes Center Sushant Bhatnagar, Ph.D., was awarded a one-year R03 grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Drs. Bhatnagar (left) and Hunter (right)The UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) would like to congratulate both Sushant Bhatnagar, Ph.D., who has earned tenure, and Chad Hunter, Ph.D., who was promoted to professor.

UAB Professor in the Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology and Senior Scientist in the Comprehensive Diabetes Center Sasanka Ramanadham, Ph.D., recently published an review entitled “Fatty acid-mediated signaling as a target for developing type 1 diabetes therapies,” in response to an invitation from the Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets journal (PMID: 37706269).

Tayleur White, Ph.D., a member of the Sasanka Ramanadham, Ph.D., Lab, successfully defended her dissertation on Tuesday, September 12.