Current Grant Recipients
Grant recipients receive one to five year grants. Currently, JDRF is awarding over $12,200,000 in grant money to all of the researchers listed below.
Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes
JDRF is the largest charitable funder for diabetes research at the Barbara Davis Center. Currently, we are funding 14 grants at the BDC which total $9.9 M and a total of $2.9M annually. Since the year 2000, JDRF has funded a total of $14.7M toward research at the BDC.
To see specific information on each grant please click on the researcher’s name.
Barbara Davis Center
Grant Recipients:
Andrea Steck, M.D.
Barbara Davis Center
Therapeutic Goal: Complications
Danny Zipris, Ph.D.
Barbara Davis Center
Therapeutic Goal: Autoimmunity – 4 projects
Dirk Homann, M.D.
Barbara Davis Center
Therapeutic Goal: Autoimmunity - 2 projects
George Eisenbarth, MD, Ph.D.
Barbara Davis Center
Therapeutic Goal: Molecular Studies
H. Peter Chase, M.D.
Barbara Davis Center
Therapeutic Goal: Complications
John Hutton, Ph.D.
Barbara Davis Center
Therapeutic Goal: Autoimmunity
Li Zhang, Ph.D.
Barbara Davis Center
Therapeutic Goal: Autoimmunity
Marian Rewers, M.D., Ph.D.
Barbara Davis Center
Therapeutic Goal: Autoimmunity – 2 projects
Peter Gottlieb, M.D.
Barbara Davis Center
Therapeutic Goal: Beta Cell Therapies
Raj Wadwa, M.D.
Barbara Davis Center
Therapeutic Goal: Complications
UCD Grant Recipients:
David Wagner, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
University of Colorado Denver
Therapeutic Goal: Autoimmunity
Laurent Gapin, Ph.D.
University of Colorado Denver
Therapeutic Goal: Molecular Studies
Maki Nakayama, M.D.
University of Colorado Denver
Therapeutic Goal: T Cell Functions
Pierre Pirot, Ph.D.
University of Colorado Denver
Therapeutic Goal: Beta Cell Therapy
Ronald Gill, Ph.D.
University of Colorado Denver
Therapeutic Goal: Islet Cell Therapies
Thomas Delong, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
University of Colorado Denver
Therapeutic Goal: Autoimmunity
Children’s Hospital Grant Recipient
Kristen Nadeau, M.D.
Children’s Hospital Denver
Therapeutic Goal: Metabolic Control
