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DOCE Researcher Joshua Thaler, MD, PhD, Receives ADA Pathway Award

Dr. Joshua Thaler is one of 5 recipients awarded a Pathway to Stop Diabetes Accelerator Award from the American Diabetes Association. This 5-year, $1.625 million grant entitled ” Modulating glial-neuronal interactions to treat obesity and diabetes” explores the possibility that glial cells (the brain’s damage response cells) in the hypothalamus area of the brain play an important part in the process of becoming obese and developing diabetes.

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DOCE Director Michael Schwartz, MD, Receives NIH R01

Dr. Michael Schwartz has been awarded a 4-year NIH R01 for his project ” Novel Brain Mechanisms Controlling Glucose Homeostasis”. This project is based upon recently published evidence from the Schwartz Laboratory that the brain can rapidly, potently and selectively increase insulin-independent glucose lowering.

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