JDRF Announces the Appointment of Qizhi Tang, Ph.D., as Co-Director of The JDRF Center of Excellence in Northern California

NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JDRF, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization, together with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), announce the appointment of Qizhi Tang, Ph.D., professor of surgery and director of the UCSF Transplantation Research Laboratory, as the new co-director of the JDRF Center of Excellence in Northern California. In her new role, Dr. Tang will co-lead the institution with Seung Kim, M.D., Ph.D., as the center works to deliver next-generation therapies and first-generation cures for T1D.