Dr. Benninger receives a pilot project award from the Cooperative Study Group for Autoimmune Disease Prevention (CSGADP)

Richard Benninger, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, has been awarded a $72,495 pilot project from the Cooperative Study Group for Autoimmune Disease Prevention (a cooperative study group formed between multiple NIH institutes and the JDRF). This project will develop novel non-invasive imaging approaches to detect inflammation in the pancreas associated with the development of type1 diabetes, enabling early preventative therapeutic approaches to be applied.