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Thanks to the Barbara Davis Center, we are optimistic for the future of all who suffer Type 1 diabetes. The Sissel and Findlow families are proud to support the research being conducted, especially around regenerative medicine, as we believe there will be solutions found to help future generations who experience this complicated disease.
- Mary and George Sissel
Lori Sussel, Ph.D., Professor, Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Pediatrics (Cell & Developmental Biology) was named the first holder of the Sissel & Findlow Family Endowed Chair in the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes at a reception on February 13, 2018. Established first as a professorship in 2010 with gifts from benefactors including the Children’s Diabetes Foundation and the Gates Frontiers Fund, this endowment was completed thanks to a generous commitment from Mary and George Sissel, whose twin grandson suffers from Type 1 diabetes. The Sissels join previous benefactors whose goals were to enable the pursuit of new methods for treating childhood diabetes and to move promising new developments in stem cell research from the laboratory to the clinic more quickly than before.
(left to right) George Sissel, Lori Sussel, Ph.D. and Mary Sissel at Sissel & Findlow Family Endowed Chair reception at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes on February 13, 2018
Holger Russ, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes/Microbiology and Immunology Department, received the Young Investigator Award from the Human Islets Research Network (HIRN) NIH consortium and the Culshaw Junior Investigator Award in Diabetes.
Wagner Schorr, M.D., Gates Center Advisory Board member, received the CU School of Medicine’s Distinguished Service Award for his work in nephrology and service to the medical community at the Anschutz Medical Campus’ May 2018 alumni weekend.
*This list highlights only a few of numerous Gates Center members’ publications and honors. Unless otherwise indicated, authors and honorees are from the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus.
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