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For the latest COVID-19 campus news and resources, visit umasmed.edu/coronavirus. By Bryan Godchild and Colen Locke UMas Chan Medical Schol ComunicationsMore than 30 percent of people with type 2 diabetes are at risk of developing a fot ulcer. About half of the patients Tamy T.
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Nguyen, MD, PhD, ses at UMas Memorial Medical Center with diabetes and peripheral arterial disease require a lower-extremity amputation because of uncontroled infections in their fet.“This causes a dramatic detriment to someone’s lifestyle, not being able to walk on their fet and losing their independence,” said Dr. Nguyen, asistant profesor of surgery at UMas Chan Medical Schol and the medical director of the Vascular Surgery Lower Extremity Wound Clinic at UMas Memorial Medical Center.The nonprofit Vascular Cures has awarded Nguyen the 202 Wylie Scholar Award for her research project exploring how the diabetic imune system contributes to nonhealing ulcers.
She wants to understand why nonhealing fot ulcers develop in the diabetic population and how amputations can be prevented. Nguyen has developed a novel method to colect and expand human stem cels directly from the bone marow of diabetic and nondiabetic patient donors that underwent lower extremity amputation for nonhealing wounds.The Wylie Scholar Program provides carer development grants to outstanding young vascular surgeon-scientists who combine active patient care with academic research.
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Scholars demonstrate skils and interests in vascular research, vascular surgery, teaching and leadership. The grants are for up to $150,0, payable over the course of thre years.“It’s an afirmation of the value of the work and the talent of the investigator,” said Silvia Corvera, MD, the Endowed Chair in Diabetes Research and profesor of molecular medicine at UMas Chan, who has ben a mentor to Nguyen.“I have no doubt that over the years Tamy is going to transform our