Studentships & Pilot Projects

The Alberta Diabetes Foundation (ADF), in addition to helping build the new Alberta Diabetes Institute (ADI) at the University of Alberta with a 10 million dollar pledge, is also supporting research projects to help find a cure for Diabetes.  In 2010 ADF will be funding the following studentships and pilot projects.

Studentships

Mohammed Ahmed

Catherine Hajmrle

Kelsi Ruby

Ailya Spigelman

Raju Thangavelu

Pilot Projects                    

Dr. Andrea Haqq – Lipid and Ghrelin Metabolism in Childhood Obesity and children with Prader-Willi Syndrome

Dr. Andrew Holt – The role of primary amine oxidase in diabetic vascular complications

Dr. David Wright – Apelin and skeletal muscle insulin action: A potential novel treatment modality for type 2 diabetes

Dr. John Elliott – Establishing NOD ES cells to generate HLA-DQ8 transgenic knock-in NOD mice

Dr. Diane Mager – How does meal pattern influence post-prandial lipid metabolism in obese children

Dr. Catherine Field – Profiling the immune system in obese insulin-resistant patients and comparing this to age-sex and BMI-mated subjects without insulin resistance

Dr. Normand Boule – Exercise and intra-abdominal fat in type 2 diabetes