Global Diabetes Institute

Our Mission

• Act to reverse the global diabetes epidemic through strategic partnerships in medical research and education.
• Discover effective and inexpensive treatments for malnutrition diabetes through world-class research.
• Empower local community health workers and medical professionals to engage in effective and sustainable diabetes programs within their own communities.

About Us

The Global Diabetes Initiative was founded by Dr. Meredith Hawkins in 2008 to combat the global diabetes epidemic by harnessing the strengths of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in research, global health, and medical education, and by building strategic global partnerships. Officially renamed the Global Diabetes Institute in 2012, the institute has established partnerships in diabetes research, integrated clinical management, and community health initiatives in India, Uganda, and other countries around the world. We believe in a spirit of collaboration and exchange of faculty, fellows, medical students, and other healthcare providers among our various partner institutions. We are a non-profit 501(c)3 foundation affiliated with Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University that relies on the generous support of those committed to the fight against global diabetes to continue in our vital diabetes research and education programs.