Mark Atkinson, Chair - George Eisenbarth - Howard Nathan - Joyce Niland - John Kaddis

JDRF LRC: Steve Adelman - Margery Perry

JDRF Staff: Teodora Staeva-Vieira - Marie Nierras

Ann Arbor, MI - Richard Pietroski Gift of Life Michigan

Massimo Pietropaolo

Denver, CO - Susan Dunn Amy Iveson Donor Alliance

George Eisenbarth
Roberto Gianani

Gainesville, FL - Danielle Cornell Lifequest Organ Recovery Services

Clive Wasserfall

Miami, FL - Joseph Ferreira Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency

Alberto Pugliese
Surgeon: George Burke

Philadelphia, PA - Howard Nathan Gift of Life Donor Program

Ali Naji

Pittsburg, PA - Susan Stuart Center for Organ Recovery and Education (CORE)

Massimo Trucco

San Diego, CA - Lisa Stocks Lifesharing: A Donate Life Organization

Matthias von Herrath

Atlanta, GA - PENDING

Jose Avila
Technician: Elizabeth Holbrook

Edmonton, AB - PENDING

John Elliot

Organ Processing and Pathology Core - University of Florida - Gainesville, FL

- Martha Campbell-Thompson


Islet Autoantibody Core - Barbara Davis Center - Denver, CO

- Roberto Gianani


Data Management Core - City of Hope National Medical Center - Duarte, CA

- Joyce Niland
- John Kaddis

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is funding seven projects affiliated with nPOD.  These include:

Howard Davidson, University of Colorado. Characterization of autoantigen-specific T-cell receptors from pancreatic lymph nodes

Dale Greiner, University of Massachusetts. Diabetogenic function of autoimmune donor splenocytes in humanized mice.

Heikki Hyoty, University of Tampere, Finland. Detection of viruses in pancreas and other tissues

Sally Kent, Harvard University. Investigation of B cells in human islets and PLN in T1D.

Brad Marsh, University of Queensland, Australia. 3D structural characterization of human islet dysfunction/destruction.

Jo Spencer, King's College London School of Medicine. Phenotype, Specificity, diversity, and clonal spread of B cells in T1DM.

Garth Warnock, University of British Columbia. Characterization of T-cell costimulatory molecules in pancreata from IAPCD.

There are also nine additional investigators affiliated with the nPOD network:

George King, Harvard University. Pancreata: Identifying factors associated with extreme duration of diabetes.

Matthias von Herrath, University of California, San Diego. Tetramer staining of pre-diabetic pancreata.

Garry Fathman, Stanford University. RNA gene expression in pancreatic lymph nodes.

Susan Bonner Weir, Harvard University. Expression of beta cell transcription factors as a function of pancreatic lobe.

Alberto Pugliese, Miami University. B cell/autoimmunity correlations.

Christopher Rhodes, University of Chicago. "Empty beta cells" in type 1 diabetes?

Martha Campbell-Thompson & Mark Atkinson, University of Florida. Immunologic and metabolic parameters of type 1 diabetes pancreata.

Maki Nakamura, University of Colorado. TCR untilization in type 1 diabetes insulitis.