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Dr. Adrianne Wong is currently a Senior Scientific Program Manager at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation where her responsibilities in the area of Beta-Cell Replacement include the development of multidisciplinary cell therapy and non-invasive imaging programs. She is also involved in international partnerships focused on type 1 diabetes research with public and private funding agencies. Dr. Wong received her undergraduate degree in Biology from Brown University, and her doctoral degree in Cell Biology from Duke University studying cellular signaling in angiogenesis as a US Army MRMC Breast Cancer Research Program fellow with Dr. Kevin Peters. She then did postdoctoral training as an NIH NSRA fellow at Columbia University with Dr. Frank Costantini studying murine kidney development. Her scientific communication experience encompasses teaching, a production internship at National Public Radio’s Science Friday and independent writing. In addition, she has expertise in intellectual property management gained as a science advisor at Darby and Darby, P.C..
