Collaborators and Co-Investigators, Diabetes Institute for Immunology and Transplantation

The research team at the Diabetes Institute for Immunology and Transplantation collaborate with other researchers at the University of Minnesota and around the world.  University of Minnesota's Medical School is housed within the University of Minnesota's Academic Health Center (AHC) - one of the most comprehensive health education and research centers in the United States.  AHC scientists are national leaders in developing new ways to treat disease.  Collaborators within the University of Minnesota include:

• Kumar G. Belani, M.D.

• David M. Brown, M.D.

• D. Ted Eastlund, M.D.

• Scott C. Fahrenkrug, Ph.D.

• Nicole Kirchhof, D.V.M.

• Michael Mauer, M.D.

• Ronald McGlennen, M.D.

• R. Scott McIvor, Ph.D.

• Antoinette Moran, M.D.

• Michael Murtaugh, Ph.D.

In addition, the Diabetes Institute for Immunology and Transplantation collaborates with researchers around the world including:

• Jeffrey A. Bluestone, Ph.D. (UCSF)

• Peter Stock, M.D., Ph.D. (UCSF)

• Peter C. Butler, M.D. (UCLA)

• Jeffrey Chalmers, Ph.D. (Ohio State University)

• William Fodor, Ph.D. (University of Connecticut)

• Dixon Kaufman, M.D., Ph.D. (Northwestern)

• Camillo Ricordi, M.D. (Diabetes Research Institute, Miami)

• James Shapiro, M.D., Ph.D. (Edmonton)

• Manikkam Suthanthiran, M.D. (Columbia University)

• Judith Thomas, Ph.D. (University of Alabama - Birmingham)

• Maciej Zborowski, Ph.D. (Cleveland Clinic)

• P. Stephen Williams, Ph.D. (Cleveland Clinic)