The HIRN 10th Anniversary Meeting (“Changing the Course in Type 1 Diabetes”) will be hosted at the Natcher Conference Center on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, MD on January 13^th – 14, 2025.

Presentations will reflect on the state of the diabetes research field, and the future direction of T1D research. As such, the 2025 HIRN Annual Meeting will be public and open to all individuals, including past and present HIRN members, and anyone interested in the future of diabetes research.

Please join us in Congratulating the newly funded 2023 NIH NIDDK HIRN Gateway Investigators. This initiative is designed to support a robust pipeline of innovative projects and talented new investigators in T1D research.

Congratulations to the following three trainees who received an award at the 2023 Annual Investigator Meeting for their oral presentation. Award recipients were selected solely based on evaluations by HIRN members on their presentations at the Annual Investigator Meeting. 

Congratulations to the following seven trainees who received an award at the 2023 Annual Investigator Meeting for their scientific poster. Award recipients were selected solely based on evaluations by HIRN members on their presentations at the Annual Investigator Meeting. 

The HIRN Year 5 & Year 6 Executive Summary Report is now available online! The report reflects significant HIRN breakthroughs, developments and advancements across the entire network. This 2-year report reflects activity from October 2018 through September 2020.

Cover Image: Dan Huh, Univ. Pennsylvania, CHIB Stanger UG3. A cross-sectional view of a vascularized three-dimensional biomimetic device visualized by scanning electron microscopy. A micro-capillary is seen in cross-section along with a functional pericyte (upper right) and surrounding matrix.