The Diabetes Clinical Research Program (DCRP) at Benaroya Research Institute is an international leader in type 1 (autoimmune) diabetes research. The program’s goal is to help families with type 1 diabetes by investigating ways to prevent diabetes, finding new approaches of diagnosing the disease in its earliest stage to optimize the potential for successful treatment, and testing innovative new therapies.

In addition to conducting clinical research, DCRP plays a strong leadership role in a number of national and international consortia:

• Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet
  Carla Greenbaum, MD, Chair
  • Northwest Clinical Center
  • TrialNet Hub that is working on process improvement
• Immune Tolerance Network
  Jerry Nepom, MD, PhD, Director
  • Northwest Clinical Center
• JDRF Biomarker Working Group Core for Assay Validation

Primary Investigator

Other Staff Members

Tee Bahnson Principal Biostatistician	Arielle Pagryzinski Project Manager
Anna Barash, RN, BSN, CDE Clinical Research Nurse	Sarah Robinson Administrative Assistant
Emily Batts Clinical Research Coordinator	Megan Smithmyer PostDoctoral Research Associate
Sadiqa El'Amin-White Clinical Research Coordinator I	Cate Speake, PhD Research Assistant Member
Rachel Hartley Research Technician	Corinna Tordillos Clinical Research Coordinator
Wendy Hilliker Program Administrator	Dana VanBuecken, ARNP Research Nurse Practitioner
Rishab Kotak Research Assistant	Kim Varner Manager, Center for Interventional Immunology
Sandra Lord, MD Clinical Director, Center for Interventional Immunology	Heather White Clinical Research Coordinator
Bao Ng ARNP, Research Nurse Practioner	Nancy Wickstrom Research Outreach Coordinator
Catherine Nguyen Research Assistant	Alyssa Ylescupidez Biostatistician
Colin O'Rourke Biostatistician