John A. Todd (biologist)
Encyclopedia
John Andrew Todd FMedSci FRS is Professor of Medical Genetics at the University of Cambridge
and director of the JDRF
/Wellcome Trust
Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory
where he works in collaboration with David Clayton
and Linda Wicker to examine the molecular basis of type 1
diabetes
.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2009.
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
and director of the JDRF
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
JDRF is the leading global organization focused on type 1 diabetes research. Driven by volunteers connected to children, adolescents, and adults with this disease, JDRF is the largest charitable supporter of T1D research...
/Wellcome Trust
Wellcome Trust
The Wellcome Trust was established in 1936 as an independent charity funding research to improve human and animal health. With an endowment of around £13.9 billion, it is the United Kingdom's largest non-governmental source of funds for biomedical research...
Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory
Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory
The JDRF/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory , centred in the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, is a multi-disciplinary research programme within the department of Medical Genetics at the University of Cambridge...
where he works in collaboration with David Clayton
David Clayton
David George Clayton, born 13 June 1944, is a distinguished British statistician and epidemiologist. He is titular Professor of Biostatistics in the University of Cambridge and Wellcome Trust and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Principal Research Fellow in the Diabetes and Inflammation...
and Linda Wicker to examine the molecular basis of type 1
Diabetes mellitus type 1
Diabetes mellitus type 1 is a form of diabetes mellitus that results from autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. The subsequent lack of insulin leads to increased blood and urine glucose...
diabetes
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus, often simply referred to as diabetes, is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar, either because the body does not produce enough insulin, or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced...
.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2009.