Tanya Pierre, a fourth-year graduate student in the lab of Chad Hunter, Ph.D., was featued in the July issue of the Endocrine Society's magazine Endocrine News.  The article,"Sweet Homeostasis Alabama: Q&A with Tanya Pierre" highlights her research and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31).

The award, which began in March 2024 will help fund Pierre’s efforts toward completing her Ph.D. in the Hunter Lab.

The F31 provides up to three years of support for Pierre and includes stipends for living expenses and contribution to the cost of tuition and fees, as well as research supplies, equipment, books, and scientific meetings.

The Hunter Lab in housed in the UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC). The UCDC is a University-Wide Interdisciplinary Research Center composed of over 200 faculty members from 10 different schools and many departments dedicated to finding curative therapies for diabetes.