Dr. Vern Dolinsky has recently received the Allen Rouse Basic Science Career Development Research Award from the Manitoba Medical Service Foundation (MMSF), which is valued at $170,000. Dr. Dolinsky’s research program focuses on investigating the mechanisms involved in the development of gestational diabetes and how gestational diabetes contributes to the development of obesity, diabetes and related cardiovascular disease in youth. He aims to addresses the clinical problem of

Dr. Christine Doucette has recently received the Dr. John A. Moorhouse Diabetes Fellowship from the Diabetes Foundation of Manitoba, valued at $120, 000. Dr. Doucette’s research is focussed on understanding how and why the pancreatic beta cell fails to secrete appropriate amounts of insulin, leading to type 2 diabetes. Projects in the Doucette lab include investigations into the role of circadian clock dysfunction in beta cell failure as well as examining the role of a single

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Dr. Meghan Azad, an assistant professor in pediatrics and scientist within DREAM and DEVOTION was highlighted by CIHR for her research on the power of breast milk (http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/50478.html). Dr Azad’s lab is interested in what factors within breast milk help protect children against the risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes. Scientists within DREAM recently found that the simple act of initiating breastfeeding in the hospital lowers a child’s risk against type 2