ADA Awards Grant to Dr. Lou Philipson

The Kovler Diabetes Center is proud to announce that Director Lou Philipson, MD, PhD, has received a major research award from the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

The ADA awarded Philipson $190,000 over the next three years to launch the National Center for Monogenic Diabetes, a new initiative of the Kovler Diabetes Center.

Dr. Lou Philipson

“We’re pleased to receive this award and very grateful for the support of the ADA,” Philipson said. “The National Center for Monogenic Diabetes is an exciting new project designed to expand research on this disease and to bring transformative care to the 500,000 individuals in the United States who have monogenic diabetes.”

Goals of the National Center for Monogenic Diabetes include:
• Expanding the Neonatal Diabetes Registry to include all forms of monogenic diabetes
• Promoting the discovery of new causes of monogenic diabetes
• Increasing nationwide awareness about monogenic forms of diabetes
• Improving the care of patients with monogenic diabetes through targeted clinical studies and longitudinal collection of outcomes data

The Kovler Diabetes Center is a national leader in diabetes research, care, training and clinical trials and is one of only seven designated National Institutes of Health Diabetes Research and Training Centers (DRTCs) in the United States.

Stay tuned for more information about the National Center for Monogenic Diabetes or visit the Kovler Diabetes Center online.

The American Diabetes Association is one of the nation’s largest advocacy groups working to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of people affected by the disease. Learn more.

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