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CMRI Diabetes and Metabolic Research Program
Mission
We are a group of clinical investigators examining causes, prevention, and cures of childhood diabetes and related metabolic problems.
Goals
To be an internationally recognized center for pediatric obesity and diabetes research
To develop generalizable applications and treatments for Pediatric Diabetes and Metabolic Disease
Focus Areas
Benefits of physical activity on Diabetes/Metabolic Disease risk in children
Diabetes and Metabolic Disease in young Native Americans
Fetal and childhood origins of obesity, Diabetes, and Metabolic Disease |
Children’s Medical Research Institute is the only organization in Oklahoma whose sole focus is the advancement of pediatric research and education. Since its inception in 1983, CMRI has raised and leveraged matching funds to create over $50 million to fund pediatric research and education programs including collaborative projects with the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and the Children’s Hospital at the OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City.
CMRI’s current research and education focus areas include a number of crucial areas, with a special emphasis on pediatric diabetes. To support this venture, CMRI has invested $11.7 million (providing for 4 $2M Endowed Chairs, faculty and program start-up costs and equipment) to develop a state-of-the-art research center devoted to research involving type 2 diabetes and its related co-morbidities in children, the Diabetes and Metabolic Research Program.
Endowed chairs which have been funded and filled to date include:
- Ruth and Paul Jonas Chair - Pediatric Endocrinology/Diabetes and Section Chief
- Current Chairholder: Kenneth C. Copeland, M.D.
- Edith Kinney Gaylord Chair-Diabetes
- Current Chairholder: Steven D. Chernausek, M.D.
- CMRI Hobbs-Recknagel Endowed Chair - Diabetes
- Current Chairholder: Andrew W. Gardner, Ph.D
Funded endowed chairs which are in recruitment or development include:
- CMRI Chickasaw Nation Chair - Diabetes
- CMRI Choctaw Nation Chair – Diabetes
Moreover, the CMRI endowment makes possible an additional and educational activity for the Diabetes and Endocrinology Section: the Macy Nigh Whitener Visiting Professorship and Trachtenberg Visting Professorship .
For more information about CMRI, please visit: http://www.cmri.net/
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