Our Vision: Collaborating Under One Roof
Because diabetes affects nearly every part of the body, a multidisciplinary approach to the disease will be the most effective in developing treatments and cures. That is why we have created the UW Medicine Diabetes Institute. The UWMDI builds upon UW Medicine’s extensive foundation of diabetes research expertise, as well as our providers’ superb work with patients at the Diabetes Institute Clinic. Today, researchers and doctors work together, so that patients benefit from state-of-the-art research, and researchers benefit from meeting and understanding the needs of patients and families. That said, we are capable of even more. With the UWMDI, we will take this synergistic interaction to a new level — by bringing research and patient care together in one facility.
Support Us
Diabetes is a taxing, chronic condition that can have serious impacts on quality of life and longevity. Today, approximately 37 million people in the U.S., or about 1 in 10, are facing a reduced quality of life because of diabetes and its complications.
At the UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, we want to help lift the burden of disease for people with diabetes. Our institute — the first of its kind in the Pacific Northwest — brings basic research, clinical care and translational research together under one roof, fast-tracking the breakthroughs that lead to better treatments. This multidisciplinary environment also enables us to train the next generation of physicians to provide world-class care to their future patients.
With your support, the unique combination of patient care and innovative research offered at the UWDMI can make an enormous impact on our patients’ quality of life. Will you join us in helping to ensure that everyone with diabetes can live long, healthy lives?
Join Us
UW Medicine has the potential to change diabetes care in our community and around the world. The UW Diabetes Institute fully integrates state-of-the-art diabetes care with deep expertise in clinical and basic science research.
We know the results will be lifesaving and life-changing, and we invite you to support the institute: to help the millions of people who have — or who are at risk of having — diabetes.
To learn more, please contact Helen Scarlett, director for philanthropy, at 206.685.8692 or at helenvs@uw.edu. Thank you very much for your interest in our work.
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