A Nigeria-born Professor of Pediatrics at the Zucker School of
Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Dr. Benjamin Udoka Nwosu has bagged the American
Diabetes Association Research Award.
It was learnt that the American Diabetes Association in May held
its Research Dinner at the Garden City Hotel in New York, and bestowed
prestigious research awards on three researchers in the field of diabetology.
One of the awardees was Nigeria's Dr. Benjamin Udoka Nwosu, the
Chief of Endocrinology at the Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York.
Professor Nwosu gave a talk about his fundamental work on
utilising vitamin D to extend the honeymoon phase of type 1 diabetes. The
honeymoon period is the brief period following a type 1 diabetes diagnosis when
key treatments can result in favourable long-term patient outcomes – the work
of Professor Nwosu, which was published in 2022.
This study has been published in the Endocrine Society Reading
Room, Endocrine Society Reading Room | Benjamin Nwosu, MD, on Vitamin D and
Partial Remission in Paediatric T1D | MedPage Today, and is utilised in
Endocrinology Continuing Medical Education courses.
Professor Nwosu's work currently directs the early care of
children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes at the Cohen Children's Medical
Centre of New York and other institutions.
The outcome of Professor Nwosu's findings is that prolonging the
honeymoon phase of type 1 diabetes resulted in considerable decreases in the
degree and occurrence of type 1 diabetes long-term problems. He demonstrated
that high-dose vitamin D might decrease inflammation in pancreatic beta-cells
and lead to longer life of the surviving beta-cells. The event was completed up
by speeches from the other recipients and tributes from patients and their
families. Professor Nwosu's study indicates that people with type 1 diabetes
have a bright future.
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