2004 Islet Research Center UCLA

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The new Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center at the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, was formally dedicated at the November 2004 Hillblom Annual Scientific Meeting. Amount Granted: $3,900,000 over 3 years. View Full 2003 Grantee List At right - Terry Hillblom, LLHF Executive VP Dedicatory Remarks
The Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center at UCLA brings together a group of leading scientists to work as a team in the area of islet research. The team includes experts in the understanding of why islet cells are killed and how this outcome might be avoided, how islet cells are formed and how we might encourage islet repair, how islet cells make and release insulin, and how this process might be increased to restore insulin levels. In the Hillblom Islet Research Center, collaborating investigators have the benefit of conducting their research with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. This superb environment was made possible by a grant from the Larry L. Hillblom Foundation. The research team in the Islet Research Center strives to provide excellent training for young scientists from around the world, and in so doing, to understand the cause of islet cell destruction leading to diabetes and to understand how islet cells can be replaced. As we work towards these goals, our overriding aim is to contribute toward - while providing leadership in - the worldwide efforts that eventually will lead to the prevention and cure of diabetes. (excerpted from the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA dedication brochure)
Above: Ribbon Cutting, Hillblom Islet Research Center - UCLA At front - Peter Donnici, Grant Anderson, Helen Anderson At right: Peter C. Butler, M.D. (Director, Hillblom Islet Research Center) Helen Anderson (mother of Larry Hillblom, Terry Hillblom and Grant Anderson)

The Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center at UCLA brings together a group of leading scientists to work as a team in the area of islet research. The team includes experts in the understanding of why islet cells are killed and how this outcome might be avoided, how islet cells are formed and how we might encourage islet repair, how islet cells make and release insulin, and how this process might be increased to restore insulin levels. In the Hillblom Islet Research Center, collaborating investigators have the benefit of conducting their research with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. This superb environment was made possible by a grant from the Larry L. Hillblom Foundation. The research team in the Islet Research Center strives to provide excellent training for young scientists from around the world, and in so doing, to understand the cause of islet cell destruction leading to diabetes and to understand how islet cells can be replaced. As we work towards these goals, our overriding aim is to contribute toward - while providing leadership in - the worldwide efforts that eventually will lead to the prevention and cure of diabetes. (excerpted from the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA dedication brochure)