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UMass Diabetes Center of Excellence @umassdiabetes.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Four diabetes scientists at UMass Chan Medical School rank among the Top NIH-funded faculty nationwide in Anatomy/Cell Biology, according to Blue Ridge Institute rankings. In today’s funding climate, this recognition underscores the strength and national impact of our diabetes research.

UMass Chan Diabetes researchers on NIH Top 100 list

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UMass Diabetes Center of Excellence @umassdiabetes.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Asha Daryanani, a third-year PhD student & member of the Jason Kim lab @umasschan.bsky.social, presented her #research exploring how inflammation contributes to #type2diabetes & #fattyliverdisease. Her data indicate #T2D & #FattyLiver aren't just metabolic conditions but also inflammatory diseases.

Asha Daryanani, a third-year PhD student and Jason Kim, PhD

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UMass Diabetes Center of Excellence @umassdiabetes.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

A new @eLife study by Dr. John Mordes & colleagues reflects his decades of #type1diabetes #research @UMassChan using models to understand early autoimmunity, then translating those insights to human studies like TEDDY. #T1D #UMassChan pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41627183/

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UMass Diabetes Center of Excellence @umassdiabetes.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

New NIH funding will allow Dr. Louis Messina to continue investigating why wounds heal more slowly with age. This work builds on long-standing findings that #type2diabetes and aging disrupt bone marrow stem cells and immune responses needed for repair. www.umassmed.edu/dcoe/news/um...

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Lou Messina Awarded NIH Funding to Study Immune Cell Aging as a Root Cause of Impaired Wound Healing

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UMass Diabetes Center of Excellence @umassdiabetes.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

#yearinreview Four Newly Minted PhDs from @gcb-umasschan.bsky.social 👏🎉 Congratulations to Sun-Young Lim (J. Wang lab), Kate Korobkina (Guertin lab), Jack Huey & Jiang Min (Maehr & Brehm labs) who each completed their research projects at the @umasschan.bsky.social Diabetes Center of Excellence! 🔬

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UMass Diabetes Center of Excellence @umassdiabetes.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

#YearinReview Our Stem Cell (SC) Differentiation Core is optimizing SC islets for studies with @umasschan.bsky.social, @thejacksonlab.bsky.social, @hsph.harvard.edu & @utoronto.ca, led by Dr. David Harlan, with the goal of transplanting them into people with #tT1D without immunosuppressive drugs! 🔬

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UMass Diabetes Center of Excellence @umassdiabetes.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

#YearInReview After 30+ years, Dale Greiner, PhD, stepped down as DCOE co-director @UMassChan over the summer. Michael Brehm, PhD, joined David Harlan, MD, to lead our #T1D #research forward—while Dr. Greiner remains actively engaged in the science he helped shape. 🔬

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UMass Diabetes Center of Excellence @umassdiabetes.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

A Diabetes Awareness Month checklist to help you take charge of your health with simple, actionable tips for nutrition, daily #diabetes management, and emotional well-being. 💙 Check out this @umassmedicine.bsky.social blog 👉 bit.ly/49UTZPA

UMass Memorial Health Diabetes Awareness Month blog

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UMass Diabetes Center of Excellence @umassdiabetes.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

PhD candidate Nicolai Hathiramani, who was diagnosed with #T1D as a young boy, is investigating for his thesis project, new ways to help pancreatic beta cells survive & thrive post transplantation. #diabetesresearch @umasschan-gsbc.bsky.social

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UMass Diabetes Center of Excellence @umassdiabetes.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Dr. Myoung Sook Han’s pancreatic research reveals JNK (c-Jun N-terminal kinase) is vital for beta-cell survival and division. Modulating this stress-response pathway could lead to new treatments to regenerate insulin-producing cells in type 1 & type 2 diabetes. 🔬💡

Myoung Sook Han, PhD, and Roger Davis, PhD

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UMass Diabetes Center of Excellence @umassdiabetes.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Congrats to Jessica Spinelli, PhD, named an HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! The Brehm & Spinelli labs are investigating new ways to protect human insulin-producing beta cells before transplantation. Early results look promising! 🔬 www.umassmed.edu/dcoe/diabete... @hhmi.org @umasschan.bsky.social

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