Fact File - Barnstable Brown Kentucky Diabetes and Obesity Center
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Diabetes by the Numbers
- Kentucky ranks No. 7 in the United States for prevalence of both diabetes and obesity.
- An estimated 318,000 adults in Kentucky have been diagnosed with diabetes.
- Research by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has shown that about 29 percent of diabetes goes undiagosed. That adds an estimated 127,000 in Kentucky, for a total of 445,000, or one in every seven adults statewide.
- An estimated 611,000 (40.1 percent) Kentuckians aged 40-74 have pre-diabetes and are at high risk of developing diabetes.
- Diabetes is the No. 6 cause of death in Kentucky.
- About 28 percent of adult Kentuckians are obese.
- There were 116,091 diabetes-related hospitalizations in Kentucky in 2006, accounting for one of every six hospitalizations.
[Sources: CDC, American
Diabetes Association, Kentucky Diabetes Network]
The
Barnstable Brown Gift
The agreement for the Barnstable Brown Kentucky
Diabetes and Obesity Center makes the center the sole beneficiary of the Barnstable Brown Gala.
The family has given $1 million for the center to date, with an additional $1 million pledged in
the coming months. The family has also committed proceeds from the Gala for the next three
years. Based on previous years, the family estimates the Gala will provide the
center with $1.8 to $3 million over that three year period.
Structure of the Center
The center's purpose is to coordinate efforts across the many
academically and scientifically diverse units engaged in diabetes and obesity research and
clinical care at UK. Current research funding includes an estimated $50 million in grants from
NIH and $4.6 million from the American Diabetes Association, among other sponsored
projects.
The center will include the Barnstable Brown Pediatric Diabetes Laboratories. The Barnstable Brown Foundation has contributred more than $1.2 million to help establish the laboratories. And it will include the Center for Biological Research Excellence in Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease, established in October 2008 with $10.5 million in institutional development funding from the National Institutes of Health.
The center will be headed by a scientific director, who will oversee grants administration, financial management, regulatory affairs and personnel. The main responsibility of the director will be to facilitate interaction among faculty members to encourage collaboration and to promote clinical and research excellence.
A clinical associate director will report to the scientific director and will be primarily responsible for daily operations of clinical care. The clinical director will play a key role in linking basic researchers with clinical practitioners to enhance opportunities for translational research.
An executive committee, composed of faculty members from units involved in diabetes research and clinical care, will represent the participating units and provide input to the directors.
Faculty conducting extramurally funded diabetes and obesity research
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
The center will include the Barnstable Brown Pediatric Diabetes Laboratories. The Barnstable Brown Foundation has contributred more than $1.2 million to help establish the laboratories. And it will include the Center for Biological Research Excellence in Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease, established in October 2008 with $10.5 million in institutional development funding from the National Institutes of Health.
The center will be headed by a scientific director, who will oversee grants administration, financial management, regulatory affairs and personnel. The main responsibility of the director will be to facilitate interaction among faculty members to encourage collaboration and to promote clinical and research excellence.
A clinical associate director will report to the scientific director and will be primarily responsible for daily operations of clinical care. The clinical director will play a key role in linking basic researchers with clinical practitioners to enhance opportunities for translational research.
An executive committee, composed of faculty members from units involved in diabetes research and clinical care, will represent the participating units and provide input to the directors.
Faculty conducting extramurally funded diabetes and obesity research
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Dean Jay Perman, M.D.,
funding from NIH
Department of Internal
Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Andrew Morris,
Ph.D.
Funding from NIH
Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D.
Funding from NIH,
and the American Heart Association
Victoria King, Ph.D.
Funding from
NIH
Division of Endocrinology and Molecular
Medicine
Dennis Bruemmer, M.D.
Funding from American Diabetes
Association, American Heart Association, and NIH
Zhenheng Guo,
Ph.D.
Funding from the American Heart Association, and NIH
Dennis Karounos,
M.D.
Funding from the American Diabetes Association, and a VA Merit Review.
Lisa Tannock, M.D.
Funding from the American Heart Association, and
NIH
Deneys van der Westhuyzen, Ph.D.
Funding from NIH
Nancy Webb,
Ph.D.
Funding from NIH
Division of Pulmonary
Medicine
Leigh Ann Callahan, M.D.
Funding from NIH
Gerald
Supinski, M.D.
Funding from NIH
Graduate Center for
Nutritional Sciences
Lisa Cassis, Ph.D.
Funding from NIH, NIEHS Superfund
Research Project, USDA Training Grant, NIH T32 Training Grant, and a Center of Biomedical
Research Excellence (COBRE) grant from NIH, (PI is Lisa Cassis, but numerous faculty from the
Department of Internal Medicine are also involved in this large grant.)
Jianhua Shao,
Ph.D.
Funding from the American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association, and
NIH
Shuxia Wang, Ph.D.
Funding from the American Heart
Association
Department of Physiology
Ming Gong,
Ph.D.
Funding from NIH
David Randall, Ph.D.
Funding from
NIH
Sean Stocker, Ph.D.
Funding from NIH
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Sidney
Whiteheart
Funding from NIH
Brian Finlin
Funding from the
American Diabetes Association,
Sabire Ozcan, Ph.D.
Funding from the
American Heart Association, and NIH
Xiaqing Tang
Funding from
NIH
Department of Molecular and Biomedical
Pharmacology
Olivier Thibault
Funding from NIH
Hollie Swanson,
Ph.D.
Funding from NIH
Department of
Pediatrics
Eric Smart, Ph.D.
Funding from
NIH
COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY
Dr Jeffrey Ebersole,
Ph.D.
Funding from NIH (Center of Biomedical Research Excellence)
Dr Karen
Novak, DDS, Ph.D.
Funding from NIH
COLLEGE OF HEALTH
SCIENCES
Charlotte Peterson, Ph.D.
Funding from
NIH
Faculty conducting other research pertinent to
diabetes and obesity
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Lisa
Gaetke, Ph.D.
Bernhard Hennig, Ph.D
Leigh Ann Simmons,
Ph.D.
Guilang Tang, Ph.D.
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND
SCIENCES
Charles Carlson, Ph.D.
Sylvia Daunert, Ph.D.
Dr Brea
Perry, Ph.D.
Suzanne Segerstrom, Ph.D.
Arnold Stromberg,
Ph.D.
COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION
STUDIES
Nancy Harrington, Ph.D.
Jeff Huber, Ph.D.
Al
Cross
Don Helme, Ph.D.
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Mark
Abel, Ph.D.
Dr Aaron Beighle, Ph.D.
Jody Clasey, Ph.D.
Heather
Erwin, Ph.D.
COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Maria Boosalis,
Ph.D.
Geza Bruckner, Ph.D.
COLLEGE OF
MEDICINE
Erik Eckhardt
Thomas Kelly, Ph.D.
Kristine Lain,
M.D.
David Mannino, M.D.
Stephanie Rose,
M.D.
COLLEGE OF NURSING
Debra Moser, DNSc, MN,
RN
Terry Lennie, Ph.D., RN
COLLEGE OF
PHARMACY
Holly Divine, Pharm.D.
Gregory Graf, Ph.D.
Carrie
Johnson, Pharm.D.
Robert Lodder, Ph.D.
Amy Nicholas,
Pharm.D.
COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Linda Alexander,
Ph.D.
Mark Swanson, Ph.D.
Faika Zanjani,
Ph.D.
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
Guoqiang Yu, Ph.D., Center for
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