2026 Recipients

Mark Ansel, PhDProfessor, Microbiology and Immunology, UCSFImmunological mechanisms by which CD69 post-transcriptional regulation forestalls progression to type 1 diabetes
Phillip Dumesic, PhDAssistant Professor, Diabetes Center, UCSFTranscriptional regulation of pancreatic beta cell glucose metabolism by CREBRF
Diana Kuo, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, UC DavisInvestigating the role of C2CD4A in beta cell maturation
Martin Thelin, MD, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UCSFCharacterizing Autoantibody Signatures in STAT1 Gain-of-Function to Advance Understanding of Type 1 Diabetes Mechanisms
Denis Titov, PhDAssistant Professor, Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, UC BerkeleyRole of compartment-specific ATP/ADP ratio in modulating insulin secretion by β-cells