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.