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Mission

The mission of University of Michigan Comprehensive Diabetes Center (MCDC) is to pioneer the way diabetes research is conducted and applied by generating new knowledge and forging new relationships/enabling new collaborations internally among U-M researchers and clinicians, and externally with diabetes experts from around the world. With a goal to advance scientific discovery, the MCDC will allow the accumulation, interpretation, and dissemination of findings that will promote new treatments, education, prevention, and cures for all forms of diabetes.

A Message from the MCDC Director

Dr. Peter Arvan
Thank you for visiting the Michigan Comprehensive Diabetes Center website. Currently, one in ten people in the state of Michigan has diabetes. With these astonishing statistics, many people — state and nationwide — visit our website each day in pursuit of information, guidance, and hope.

This site was designed to provide you with an overview of the MCDC structure and a snapshot of things that are happening in the Center at any moment in time. We plan to update our articles and profiles at least quarterly to keep you informed of our latest developments.

The MCDC is a relatively new entity, bringing scientists, clinical researchers, physicians, and you together in a partnership to treat and even cure diabetes. Your interest and involvement is critical to our success.

To those who have already supported us, thank you — without your generosity we could not continue our fight. If you are thinking of making a contribution, please visit the How to Give page of our website. The University of Michigan guarantees the security and confidentiality of the information you provide.

We hope you find this website useful and are grateful to have you on board.

Thank you and be well!

Peter Arvan
Peter Arvan, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Michigan Comprehensive Diabetes Center
Chief, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes
Brehm Professor of Type 1 Diabetes Research