Maria Koulmanda, PhD
Staff Scientist II
Nephrology
Contact Information
| Office: | CL-0609 |
| Phone: | 617-735-2882 |
| Fax: | 617-735-2903 |
| Email: | mkoulman@bidmc.harvard.edu |
| Address: | 330 Brookline Ave; CL-0609
Boston, MA 02215 |
Advanced Degree And Training
| Year | Institution | Area or Rank |
| 1997 | Leicester+University+%28UK%29 | Transplantation+Biology |
Research Lab Team Members
| Dusan Hanidziar MD |
Areas of Interest
| Immunology, Transplantation | Metabolic / Metabolic Diseases |
Major Research Theme
| The goal of my research is to find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes by transplanting allogeneic or xenogeneic (pig) islets, without the need of continuous immunosuppression. The full potential of islet cell transplantation to prevent complications of Type 1 Diabetes cannot be achieved if daily immunosuppressive therapy is required. Insulin is safer. Thus, we are creating strategies for restoring self-tolerance to islets as a means to prevent recurrent autoimmunity and to achieve tolerance to foreign islets. Indeed many patients with Type 2 Diabetes eventually require insulin therapy and may also be suitable candidates for islet transplantation should tolerance be achieved. |
Publications
External Recognition
| 1. Invited Speaker. “A short-term treatment with ‘power mix’ prolonged allogeneic islet graft in diabetic cynomolgus monkeys”; 8th Cell Transplant Society; Milan, Italy 2006 2. Lecture; “Current Issues in Pancreatic Islet Transplantation”. 8th Annual Research Symposium of the New England Hellenic Medical and Dental Society. Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, 2006. 3. Lecture; “Diabetes is Dangerous”. 7th New England Regional Workshop, Autoimmune Diabetes Mellitus. Woods Hole Massachusetts, October 2006 4. Lecture; “New strategy of tolerance induction in non-human primates”; Austin Research Institute; Melbourne, Australia, 2007 5. Invited Speaker; Ablation of insulitis and restoration T cell tolerance is necessary but insufficient to cure T1DM ; The XXII Internationl Congress of Transplanplantion Society; Sydney, Australia 2008 |
Investigator's Lab Web Site
| Research Lab URL | None listed |
| Harvard Catalyst Site: | Koulmanda Harvard Catalyst Web Site |
