Dr. Dutta, local researcher promoted to VP, Breakthrough T1D Research

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Congratulations, Sanjoy!

Our very own Sanjoy Dutta, PhD, a resident and long-time friend of our Greater Delaware Valley Chapter, was recently promoted to Vice President of the Breakthrough T1D Research Team.

Dr. Dutta oversees all of Breakthrough T1D’s efforts to cure type 1 diabetes and improve the lives of those living with it, which includes beta cell therapies, immunotherapies, glucose control and complications. He is also responsible for international partnerships with world-leading government, non-government, foundation and commercial organizations. Dr. Dutta joined Breakthrough T1D in 2009.

Prior to coming to Breakthrough T1D, Dr. Dutta was the associate director of translational medicine and clinical biomarkers at Bristol-Myers Squibb and principal scientist of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases at Hoffmann-La Roche.

Dr. Dutta obtained his doctorate from the department of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Southern California and was a Breakthrough T1D Postdoctoral Fellow in the department of cell biology and the Joslin Diabetes Center at Harvard Medical School.

To learn more about Breakthrough T1D + T1D research, please visit jdrf.org/impact/research.