History of Diabetes Research
A City of Hope Timeline
Samuel Rahbar, M.D., Ph.D., identifies HbA1c and its role in diabetes management
City of Hope establishes the Division of Diabetes
Rachmiel Levine, M.D., who discovered how insulin works in 1949, becomes the executive medical director at City of Hope
Arthur Riggs, Ph.D., and Keiichi Itakura, Ph.D., first engineer human insulin in the laboratory
Yoko Fujita-Yamaguchi, Ph.D., isolates specific cell proteins that join with insulin and mediate its metabolic effects
Pierre De Meyts, M.D., Ph.D., characterizes insulin-receptor interactions
Inauguration of Leslie & Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Diabetes & Genetic Research Center
Fouad R. Kandeel, M.D., Ph.D., leads the first islet cell transplantation for City of Hope
Rama Natarajan, Ph.D., identifies the roles of epigenetics and non-coding RNAs in diabetic complications and metabolic memory
The expansion of the Gonda Center more than doubles the available scientific space for diabetes research
City of Hope establishes the Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute
City of Hope establishes The Wanek Family Project for Type 1 Diabetes
Debbie C. Thurmond, Ph.D., named director of the DMRI
DMRI renamed Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute