alvin powers

January 30, 2014

Powers named to American Diabetes Association board

Alvin Powers, M.D., professor of Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, has been named to the American Diabetes Association Board of Directors.

By Leigh MacMillan
December 5, 2013

Day of events highlights efforts to fight diabetes

Vanderbilt University’s contributions to the field of diabetes — past and present — were celebrated recently during the annual Diabetes Day at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center.

By Bill Snyder
October 24, 2013

Study sheds new light on type 2 diabetes development

Inactivation by oxidative stress of specific transcription factors essential for pancreatic islet beta cell function is a key event in the development of type 2 diabetes, Vanderbilt University researchers and their colleagues have found.

By Bill Snyder
Richard Powell
January 20, 2012

Digestive disease research bolstered by grant renewal

The Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Research Center celebrates its 10th anniversary this year with a second five-year renewal of its federal research grant.

By Bill Snyder
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