German Diabetes Center

The mission of the German Diabetes Center (DDZ) is to provide interdisciplinary scientific contributions in order to reduce the individual and social burden of diabetes.

Associated groups:

• Prof. Dr. Hadi Al-Hasani, Dr. Margriet Ouwens, Dr. Stefan Lehr
  Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry
• Prof. Dr. Jürgen Eckel, Dr. Henrike Sell
  Paul Langerhans Group
• Prof. Dr. Guido Giani, Dr. Wolfgang Rathmann, Dr. Helmut Finner, Prof. Dr. Dr. Andrea Icks
  Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistic
• Prof. Dr. Dan Ziegler, PD Dr. Volker Burkart, PD Dr. Christian Herder, Dr. Jong-Hee Hwang,Dr. Julia Szendrödi PhD, Dr. Bettina Nowotny
  Institute of Clinical Diabetology
• Prof. Dr. Eckhart Lammert
  Institute of Metabolic Physiology, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf
  
  

Contribution to the DZD research program:

• Organisation and development of the German Diabetes Study on the course of diabetes and its long-term complications
• Development and evaluation of new methods for the characterization of diabetes and its long-term complications
• Epidemiology and prediction of diabetes using biomarkers in large cohort studies
• Studies on the role of inflammation, energy metabolism and mitochondrial function in the individual response to preventive and therapeutic measures