The UA Center for Disparities in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism serves as a nucleus for interdisciplinary research that forms the foundation for translation of biomedical research to advanced, evidence-based clinical care in the community. A major focus of the center is to facilitate development of innovative approaches to delivery of care and prevention, serving a population in one of the most high-risk vulnerable populations in the nation.
A primary objective of the center is to create a biobank and research registry that is focused on obesity and type 2 diabetes risk within the local population, while also creating a biobank registry with patient bio-specimens that would be accessible to other studies focusing on other aspects of health of importance to Latinos and the local community.
In addition, as our objective to facilitate clinical translation research, we oversee the Biorepository Service Unit, a standardized and regulatory-compliant; privacy protected biorepository and centralized resource to foster and promote interdisciplinary research and collaborations across Health Sciences and the university.