About CEDER

The National Center for Engagement in Diabetes Research (CEDER) is committed to advancing research that addresses diabetes in all communities by encouraging and fostering long-term, comprehensive partnerships between community organizations, healthcare organizations, and academic institutions across the United States. A map of the United States showing institutions that are CEDER academic partners and community partners

Supported by the NIH’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, our goal is to integrate community insights with scientific research to effectively address type 2 diabetes by offering free services to advance diabetes research across all populations.

Multiple Principal Investigators and Core Co-Leads

CEDER has a nationwide network of distinguished experts making up our list of multiple principal investigators (MPIs) and core co-leads.

Nadia S. Islam, PhD
CEDER MPI and Administrative Core Co-Lead
Professor, Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Arleen F. Brown, MD, PhD
CEDER MPI and Community and Collaboration Engagement Studio Core Co-Lead
Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles

Earle C. Chambers, PhD, MPH
CEDER MPI and Research Consultation Services Core Co-Lead
Professor, Department of Family and Social Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Chau Trinh-Shevrin, DrPH
CEDER Administrative Core Co-Lead
Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Janet Brown-Friday, RN, MSN, MPH
CEDER Administrative Core Co-Lead
Immediate Past President—Healthcare and Education, American Diabetes Association

Melinda Cordero-Bárzaga
CEDER Community and Collaboration Engagement Studio Core Co-Lead
Co-Founder and Associate Director, Visión y Compromiso

Dara H. Sorkin, PhD
CEDER Community and Collaboration Engagement Studio Core Co-Lead
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine

Carmen R. Isasi, MD, PhD
CEDER Research Consultation Services Core Co-Lead
Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Chris Norwood
CEDER Research Consultation Services Core Co-Lead
Executive Director, Health People

Partnership Hub

CEDER engages a robust network of community and academic partners through our Partnership Hub as both users of center services and experts.

CEDER’s Partnership Hub includes the following schools of medicine and public health:

NYU Grossman School of Medicine	University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science	University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine
University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine	University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus
John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii, Manoa	University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
University of Michigan School of Medicine	University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine
Morehouse School of Medicine	Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine	University of Washington School of Public Health
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis	Emory University School of Medicine

CEDER’s Partnership Hub includes the following community partners:

American Diabetes Association	Center for the Study of Asian American Health National Advisory Committee
Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health	ConnectionHealth
Health People	KULA
Miami-Dade AHEC	Morehouse Community Coalition Board
National Association of Pasifika Organizations	Visión y Compromiso