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1. www.diabetesresearch.org
www.diabetesresearch.org/About - [Cached]Published on: 12/7/2007 Last Visited: 12/7/2007
Elizabeth Fenjves, Ph.D.
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2. Elizabeth Fenjves, Ph.D.
www.diabetesresearch.org/About - [Cached]Published on: 12/7/2007 Last Visited: 12/7/2007
Elizabeth Fenjves, Ph.D.
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Home > About the DRI > DRI Faculty > Elizabeth Fenjves, Ph.D.
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Elizabeth Fenjves, Ph.D.
Dr. Elizabeth Fenjves is Director of Gene Therapy at the Diabetes Research Institute. She is also an Associate Professor of Medicine with secondary appointments in Pediatrics and Dermatology at the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami.
Dr. Fenjves' research over the last 15 years has been focused on exploring the transfer of therapeutic genes to treat metabolic disorders. Her lab has been researching two major areas of investigation.
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Dr. Fenjves' research is focusing on the damage done by the disruption of cellular connections to the ECM and whether there is benefit in reconstructing an ECM that mimics the natural setting for the islets.
Dr. Fenjves has published her findings in journals such as Human Gene Therapy, Diabetes and Transplantation. She has held an independent research grant from the American Diabetes Association and is a participant in a Center Grant from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Furthermore she has various collaborations with Pharmaceutical companies interested in her line of research. She is an active member of the American Society for Gene Therapy, The International Society of Transplantation and The American Transplantation Society. -
3. Diabetes Station
www.diabetesstation.org/notes/ - [Cached]Published on: 2/1/2004 Last Visited: 12/9/2004
Elizabeth Fenjves, PhD Director, Gene Therapy Diabetes Research Institute
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Dr. Elizabeth Fenjves, PhD is the Director of Gene Therapy at the Diabetes Research Institute in Miami, Florida. She is also a Research Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Director of the Office of Technology Transfer at the University of Miami, where she serves as the scientific liaison between the scientific community and the corporations interested in funding this critical research.
Dr. Fenjves researches how gene therapy can prevent pancreatic islet damage in the transplant setting. She focuses on different approaches to insert the genes and in a variety of genes that will optimize islet transplantation as a cure for Type I diabetes.
She has been at the DRI for five years. Prior to that, her work involved the exploration of potential of viral vectors as vehicles for gene transfer.
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Lisa was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 29. Now, twenty years later, she is an advocate and mentor for others struggling to live with this disease. During her first 3 years on insulin, feeling isolated from and abandoned by her endocrinologist and the diabetic community, Lisa's determination to achieve educated diabetes control led her to find insulin pump therapy.
