Dr. Jerry L. Nadler, Division Chief of Endocrinology and metabolism at the University Health System, and his team of researchers have been awarded a nearly $1 million grant to research why diabetes causes heart disease.
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health, and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation funded the grant.
Diabetes is a metabolic disorder that affects the body's ability to regulate glucose levels. It was the seventh-leading cause of death among Americans in 1996, according to the American Diabetes Association.
Nadler said he and his colleagues are enthusiastic about working to find the effects of diabetes on blood vessels and the heart.
Although diabetes sufferers already can treat their low blood sugar levels, they cannot treat their damaged blood vessels.
Nadler said he came to the University in August from the City of Hope Medical Center in California to head up the research because of the "tremendous opportunities and strengths here."
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Dr. Ian Sarembock, who is working with Nadler on the project, said he agrees finding the link between diabetes and cardiovascular disease is very important.
"It's a big public health problem," Sarembock said. "It will take a lot of hard work to unravel."
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