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You may not expect a poetry reading at a meeting full of scientists, but that’s what happened at this year’s annual American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) conference. There, Indiana University School of Medicine’s Chandy John, MD, delivered an address that did more than recap the accomplishments of his tenure as the organization’s […]

Jamie Felton, MD; Heba Ismail, MD; and Jason Spaeth, PhD, all study and live with Type 1 diabetes. As experts on the topic, they’ve sat down to answer some of the internet’s most searched questions about Type 1 diabetes: Video transcript: JF: Sorry. [ragtime piano music] JF: Hi, I’m Jamie Felton. JS: I’m Jason Spaeth. […]

Four scientists at the Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research received Translational Awards from the center to help fund their promising projects. Impact of tau-mediated acute brain injury on long-term neurocognitive impairment in severe malaria Dibya Datta, PhD, assistant research professor of pediatrics and member of the Infectious Diseases and Global Health research group […]

Carmella Evans-Molina, MD, PhD, isn’t kidding when she calls herself a “lifelong learner.” For Evans-Molina, the newly appointed director of the Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases (CDMD), this pursuit of knowledge has held true in 2019 with an ambitious New Year’s resolution: learning to play piano. “I wanted to challenge myself to do something […]

More than 15,000 scientists and health care professionals gathered at the American Diabetes Association’s 79th Scientific Sessions in San Francisco earlier this month. Among them, investigators from the Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases (CDMD) shared novel data with the worldwide scientific community from basic, translational and clinical studies conducted recently at Indiana University School […]

Found in everything from crackers and cookies to savory sauces, the peanut is one of America’s favorite foods. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the most pervasive and life-threatening allergens, affecting millions of people around the world. While epinephrine and other antihistamines are common treatments for allergic reactions, there are no medications that prevent the potentially […]