Transforming Diabetes Research & Care
Welcome to the Michigan Comprehensive Diabetes Center (MCDC), established in 2005, to unite diabetes researchers and physicians here at the University and to foster collaboration with diabetes experts from around the world – with one mission in mind - to find a cure.
New diabetes research facility to open in 2010
One center of the MCDC is the Brehm Center for Type 1 Diabetes Research
and Analysis which will be housed in the new Kellogg Eye Center Expansion Project
expected to be completed in 2010. Learn
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Former U-M Quarterback Hosts Golf Outing to Benefit MCDC
Rich Hewlett, former U-M quarterback and his wife, Christine, are Chairpersons, along with Cathy Schembechler as the Celebrity Chair, are gearing up for the Swing to Cure Golf Outing on May 19th designed to jointly benefit the University of Michigan Comprehensive Diabetes Center (MCDC) and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).
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Marilyn and Burton VincentMarilyn H. Vincent Professorship in Diabetes Research
A gift from the Molly Vincent Foundation has established the Marilyn H. Vincent Professorship in Diabetes Research, honoring the family of Marilyn H. (Molly) and Burton J. Vincent and helping advance leading-edge diabetes and metabolism research at Michigan. Molly Vincent had type 2 diabetes mellitus, and one of her sons, Burton Jr., is afflicted with type 1. Both illnesses significantly affected the Vincent family and led to Molly’s wish that her estate contribute to future advances in diabetes research. Burton Jr. and his brother, John, are carrying out their mother’s wishes by creating the Vincent Professorship. Learn more
