About
Course Instructors
We are a team of physicians and researchers at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Our team has over 25 years’ experience working to understand childhood autoimmune disease. During that time, we have screened thousands of children and adults for early stage (presymptomatic) type 1 diabetes and helped hundreds of patients and their families understand the disease process and monitor for progression to symptomatic type 1 diabetes.
Marian Rewers MD, PhD
Co-Chair, STOP T1D Program
Professor of Pediatrics & Medicine
Richard S. Abrams Endowed Chair
Executive Director,
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes
Holly O'Donnell PhD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
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Brigitte Frohnert MD, PhD
Co-Chair, STOP T1D Program
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
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Kimber Simmons MD, MS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
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Cristy Geno Rasmussen
MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics ASK Program Manager
Andrea Steck MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Research Director, Pediatric
Diabetes Division
Director, Prevention Research Team
Kimberly Bautista MPH
Research Instructor
ASK Follow Up Coordinator
Ask the Experts Study Coordinator
Patricia Gesualdo RN, MSPH
Senior Research Instructor
TEDDY Study Coordinator
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Iman Taki
STOP T1D Coordinator
Celiac Disease Coordinator
Hali Broncucia
Research Instructor
Manager, Prevention Team
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Rachel Karban
STOP T1D Program Coordinator
TEDDY and DAISY Retention Coordinator
Kathleen Waugh MS
Senior Research Instructor
BDC Clinical Research Laboratory Manager
Daniel Felipe-Morales
Senior IT Data Manager
ASK, TEDDY, DAISY and STOP T1D
Flor Sepulveda
The Early Start Study (TESS)
Study Coordinator
Early Stage T1D Education and Support (ESTES) Study Coordinator
Joey Wong
Database and Web Application Developer
ASK, TEDDY, DAISY and STOP T1D
The Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes (BDC) specializes in Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) research and care for children and adults. It is one of the largest diabetes institutes in the world. The Center is part of the University of Colorado School of Medicine and has its dedicated building on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado.
The Center was funded by Marvin and Barbara Davis, in 1978, and is generously supported by the Children’s Diabetes Foundation (CDF)​.
Clinicians, clinical researchers, and basic biomedical scientists work at the BDC to find the most effective treatment, prevention, and cure for T1D. The Center provides state-of-the-art diabetes care to 4,600 children and 2,900 adults with diabetes from the Rocky Mountain Region as well as receiving national and international referrals. We also provide inpatient care to patients who are seen at the Children’s Hospital Colorado with any type of diabetes.
The Center’s faculty teach the medical, physician assistant, nursing, and dental students on campus. Residents and endocrinology fellows train at the Center on elective rotations. Basic science faculty members provide mentorship to pre-doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows from around the world.
