The German Diabetes Center in Düsseldorf (DDZ) is an interdisciplinary research institution that connects molecular and cell biology basic research with clinical and epidemiological research approaches.

Specifically, the scientific contributions of the DDZ are focused on improving the prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment of diabetes mellitus and its complications as well as enhancing the epidemiological data situation in Germany with regard to diabetes mellitus. Furthermore, the DDZ is the German reference center of the Leibniz Association for the disease profile of diabetes.

Biometrics and Epidemiology 

• Prof. Dr. Oliver Kuß (Biometrics) 
• PD Dr. Sabrina Schlesinger (Systematic Reviews) 

 Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry 

• Prof. Dr. Hadi Al-Hasani (Pathobiochemistry) 
• Dr. Birgit Knebel (Genomics)  
• Dr. Stefan Lehr (Proteomics) 

Clinical Diabetology  

• Prof. Dr. Michael Roden (Energy Metabolism) 
• Prof. Dr. Jandeleit-Dahm (Nephropathy) 
• Prof. Dr. Christian Herder (Inflammation) 
• Dr. Vera Schrauwen-Hinderling (Metabolic Imaging) 
• Dr. Sandra Trenkamp (Biomedical Laboratory) 
• Dr. Guido Bönhof and Dr. Alexander Strom (Junior Research Group Neuropathy) 

Vascular and Islet Cell Biology 

• Prof. Dr. Eckhard Lammert (Islet Cell Research) 
• Dr. Bengt-Frederik Belgardt (Beta Cell Defects) 

Health Services Research and Health Economics

• Prof. Dr. Dr. Andrea Icks (Patient-Relevant Outcomes) 
• Dr. Sandra Borgmann (Junior Research Group Patients’ Needs and Preferences) 
• Dr. Nadja Chernyak (Complex Intervention and Economic Evaluation)