Directors
David E.R. Sutherland, M.D., Ph.D.
Bernhard Hering, M.D.
Faculty
Stathis Avgoustiniatos, M.S., Ph.D.
Associate Director of Islet Processing Research and Development
Balamurugan Appakalai, Ph.D.
Director, Islet Core
Associate Director, Clinical Islet Transplant Program
Pratima Bansal-Pakala, M.S., Ph.D., B.S.
Director of Diabetes and Transplant Immunobiology
Gregory J. Beilman, M.D.
Surgery, Auto Islets
Melena Bellin, M.D.
Pediatrics, Auto Islets
Annelisa Carlson, M.D.
Surgery, Auto Islets
Martin L. Freeman, M.D.
Gastroenterology, Auto Islets
Zhiguang Guo, M.D., Ph.D.
Abhinav Humar, M.D.
Raja Kandaswamy, M.D.
Toni Moran, M.D.
Pediatrics, Auto Islets
Klearchos K. Papas, Ph.D., M.S., B.Ch.E.
Director of Islet Processing Research and Development
Henk-Jan Schuurman, Ph.D.
Hui-Jian Zhang, M.D.
Director of Quality Control Laboratories
Staff
Islet Transplant Team
Barbara Lervik, R.N., Transplant Coordinator
Carol Kramer, C.R.P., M.B.A., Community Program Specialist
Jayne Pederson, Community Program Specialist
Robin Jevne, Ph.D., M.S., Transplant Information Services
Diabetes and Transplant Immunobiology
Adam Nettles, B.A., Junior Scientist
Kelly Hire, M.S., B.S., Junior Scientist
Minna Honkanen-Scott, B.S., Junior Scientist
Islet Research and Development
Bob Konz, B.S., Assistant Scientist
Phillip Rozak, M.S., B.A., Laboratory Manager
Gina M. Wildey, B.S., Junior Scientist
V. Boyd, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral / Surgical Fellow
William Earl Scott III, M.S., B.S., Graduate Research Assistant
Thomas Suszynski, B. Bm. En., Graduate Student
Jeffry Olson, Research Assistant (undergraduate student)
Islet Core
A.N. Balamurugan, Ph.D., Director of Islet Core
Hui-Jian Zhang, M.D., Senior Scientist
Jeff Ansite, B.S., Technical Consultant
Thomas Gilmore, B.S., Associate Director of Islet Core
Shuichiro Matsumoto, M.D., Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow
Takayuki Anazawa, M.D.,M.S., Post-Doctoral Fellow
Gopalakrishnan Loganathan, M.S., Research Fellow
Muhamad Abdulla, B.S., Assistant Scientist
Bob Konz, B.S., Assistant Scientist
Yue (Irene) Wang, M.D., M.S., Junior Scientist
Brian Perrault, B.S., Junior Scientist
Pancreatectomy and Auto Islet Transplant Team
Ann Marie Papas, Administration
Michelle James, M.S., R.N., C.N.S., Clinical Nurse Specialist
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Fellows and Scholars
Since the Diabetes Institute for Immunology and Transplantation (DIIT) was formed at the University of Minnesota in 1994, it has attracted bright young postdoctoral research fellows eager to advance their knowledge of islet transplantation and then take that knowledge home to their part of the globe. For information on present and past fellows, visit our Fellows and Scholars page.
Collaborators and Co-Investigators
The research team at the Diabetes Institute for Immunology and Transplantation collaborate with other researchers at the University of Minnesota and around the world. For information on current collaborators, visit our Collaborators and Co-Investigators page.
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