How We Work

nPOD is governed by an executive committee, comprised of leading diabetes investigators, representatives from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), and members of the JDRF Lay Review Committee. nPOD data and tissue samples are processed through four different cores.

The Administrative Core is located at the University of Florida. Other governing bodies include the Tissue Prioritization Committee and the Publications and Presentations Committee.

The Islet Autoantibody Core, located at the University of Colorado, manages quality control and assurance for nPOD screening laboratories and also tests nPOD tissues for diabetes-related autoantibodies.

The Data Management Core, located at the City of Hope in Duarte, California, handles all data related apsects of the project, serves as the projects interface with the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) and manages the autoantibody database.

The Organ Procurement and Pathology Core is located at the University of Florida, receives nPOD tissue directly from Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) and ships these tissues directly to investigators.

 

nPOD Executive Committee

Mark Atkinson, Ph.D., nPOD Executive Director
Professor, University of Florida
(352) 273-8276
atkinson@ufl.edu

George Eisenbarth, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Colorado Health Science Center
(303) 724-6847
george.eisenbarth@uchsc.edu

John Kaddis, Data Management Core Director
City of Hope National Medical Center
(626) 256-4673 ext. 63377
jkaddis@coh.org

Howard Nathan
President and CEO
Gift of Life Donor Program
(215) 557-8090
hnathan@donors1.org

Marie Nierras, Ph.D.
Director of Partnerships and Consortia
JDRF
(212) 479-7589
cnierras@jdrf.org

Steve Adelman, Ph.D.
JDRF Lay Review Committee

Margery Perry
JDRF Lay Review Committee

nPOD Administrative Core

Mark Atkinson, Ph.D., nPOD Executive Director
Professor, University of Florida
(352) 273-8276
atkinson@ufl.edu

Anastasia Albanese-O'Neill, RN
nPOD Director
(352) 273-9297
aalbanese@pathology.ufl.edu

Jayne Moraski, MS
nPOD Assistant Director
(352) 273-9271
jmoraski@pathology.ufl.edu

Clive Wasserfall, MS
Autoantibody QA/QC
(352) 273-9298
clive@ufl.edu

Carmen Leah Retrum, MS
nPOD Program Assistant
(352) 273-9296
leahret@pathology.ufl.edu

nPOD Autoantibody Core

Roberto Gianani, M.D., nPOD Autoantibody Core Director
Professor, University of Colorado Health Science Center
(303) 724-6842
roberto.gianani@uchsc.edu

nPOD Data Processing Core

John Kaddis, Data Management Core Co-Director
City of Hope National Medical Center
(626) 256-4673 ext. 63377
jkaddis@coh.org

nPOD Organ Processing and Pathology Core

Martha Campbell-Thompson, D.V.M., Ph.D., nPOD OPPC Core Director
Professor, University of Florida
(352) 273-6129
thompmc@pathology.ufl.edu

Maria Fernanda Martino, nPOD OPPC Laboratory Manager
University of Florida
(352) 273-9271
mrojas@pathology.ufl.edu

Scientific Advisory Board

The current members of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) are:

Mike Appel, Ph.D., National Institute of Diabetic & Digestive & Kidney Disease
Ezio Bonifacio, Ph.D., Dresden International Graduate School for Biomedicine & Bioengineering
Peter Butler, M.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Ronald Gill, Ph.D., University of Colorado, Denver
Daniel Pipeleers, M.D., Ph.D., Brussels Free University
Stephen Rich, M.D., University of Virginia

Tissue Prioritization Committee

The current members of the Tissue Prioritzation Committee (TPC) are:

Susan Bonner-Weir, Ph.D., Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard University
Martha Campbell-Thompson, D.V.M, Ph.D., University of Florida
Howard Davidson, Ph.D., University of Colorado Health Science Center
Roberto Gianani, M.D., University of Colorado Health Science Center
Alberto Pugliese, M.D., Diabetes Research Institute and Miami University

Publications Policy Committee

The current members of the Publications Policy Committee (PPC) are:

John Kaddis, City of Hope
Linda Yip, Ph.D., Standford Univeristy
Sally Kent, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Medical School
Patrick Rowe, Ph.D., University of Florida

Technology and Scientific Collaboration Committee

The current members of the Technology and Scientific Collaboration Committee (TASC) are:

John Kaddis, City of Hope
Christopher Rhodes, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Al Powers, M.D., Vanderbilt University
Matthias von Herrath, M.D., University of California, San Diego