Oct
10
2010
The U34 grant application undergoes a highly favorable scientific peer review by an NIH Special Emphasis Study Section, specifically convened to review the application. Over the next year, NIDDK continues to deliberate the merits of the D2d study and...
Sep
15
2010
An observational study in the Nurses’ Health Study – a longitudinal cohort of women – supports an association between higher blood level of vitamin D and lower risk of developing diabetes. After adjusting for many factors known to influence diabetes...
Jul
30
2010
Dr. Pittas and colleagues submit the Multi-Center Clinical Study Implementation Planning Cooperating Agreement (U34) grant application to NIH. The goals of the U34 grant are to: (1) Permit early peer review of the rationale for the proposed clinical study;...
Jul
01
2010
During the spring and early summer of 2010, the D2d concept goes through additional rounds of review within NIDDK. In July of 2010, Dr. Pittas receives the positive news that NIDDK has approved submission of a Multi-Center Clinical Study...
Jan
15
2010
In December of 2009, Dr. Pittas submits a pre-application to NIDDK proposing the study concept of D2d. The scientific justification of D2d and the preliminary study design go through multiple rigorous reviews by scientific committees within NIDDK, starting in...
Sep
25
2008
Dr. Pittas and colleagues receive funding by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to assess the longitudinal association between vitamin D status...
Jul
31
2007
Dr. Pittas and colleagues receive funding by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to assess the longitudinal association between vitamin D status – assessed by blood level of 25-hydroxyvitamin...
Apr
01
2007
In a post-hoc analysis using data from a completed trial, vitamin D and calcium supplementation given over 3 years improved insulin resistance and fasting blood glucose in non-diabetic adults aged 65 who had impaired fasting glucose (IFG) at baseline...
Sep
30
2006
Based on strong preliminary data generated by Dr. Pittas and colleagues, the Vitamin D and Calcium Homeostasis for Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes (CaDDM) study is funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)...
Jul
10
2002
The idea that vitamin D is linked to risk of developing type 2 diabetes is conceived by Dr. Pittas. In 2002, Dr. Pittas enrolled in a Master’s degree program at the Tufts University Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences....
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