Support our Mission

The prevalence of diabetes has increased rapidly in the last few years and the costs associated with treating the disease complications constitute an enormous economic burden in the United States. To put it in numbers, there are currently more than 30 million Americans living with diabetes and 90 million with pre-diabetes. The total estimated cost of diagnosed diabetes in 2012 is $245 billion, including $176 billion in direct medical costs and $69 billion in reduced productivity.

Although the disease may manifest itself under various types, all forms of diabetes, including the most commonly occurring in the general population—type 1 and type 2 diabetes, are caused by a reduction in the number and/or the function of insulin-producing cells. There is a clear consensus among scientists and clinicians that restoration of lost functional insulin-secreting cells would reverse the disease and halt its devastating complications. Tremendous efforts have been made in finding innovative ways to generate insulin-producing cells and the scientific community acknowledges that we are closer to make these breakthrough discoveries impactful—clinically speaking. In our fight to counter diabetes, the more experiments we conduct, the more likely and sooner we will beat it.

We, at the New York Medical College, are committed to excellence in diabetes translational research and innovation to gap the bridge between the research and the clinic. But we need the support of individuals and organizations that share our belief of a future without diabetes. Performing experiments which address the new questions raised by the wisdom of the crowd is crucial to achieve our goal to prevent and/or cure diabetes. The research, however, requires tremendous amount of resources to obtain access to advanced technologies, to acquire laboratory supplies, to generate disease models and to train young scientists. We have gratefully received an initial funding to initiate our research. We need your help to create new sources—to sustain and expand our studies.

We hope you’ll join us in our efforts and make a contribution to support our mission!

We thank you for your interest in supporting our research at the New York Medical College. There are many ways you can contribute to our mission. You can make a one-time donation to support our laboratory to acquire reagents and small equipment or make recurring donations to sponsor graduate student fellowships or help us to gain access to new technologies.

To learn more about our funding priorities and other ways you can help, please contact the Principal Investigator:

Abdelfattah El Ouaamari

Associate Professor
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Department of Pharmacology
New York Medical College

Email: aelouaam@nymc.edu
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