Summary
The Columbia University Diabetes Research Center promotes diabetes research at the largest academic medical center in the largest U.S. metropolitan area. The DRC fosters integration with existing institutional centers of excellence in obesity, atherosclerosis, neurobiology, and cardiovascular biology. Its scientific themes are: (i) Integrated physiology of insulin action and resistance; (ii) Diabetes, dyslipidemia, and heart disease; (iii) Pancreas development, beta cell function, and cellular replacement therapies; (iv) Genetics and immunology of Type 1 Diabetes; (v) Global health, health dis
