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The Larry L. Hillblom Foundation supports medical research within the State of California in efforts toward curing, treating and managing Diabetes Mellitus, and chronic and degenerative diseases associated with Aging, with a primary focus on brain and vision disorders.

The Larry L. Hillblom Foundation is a California non-profit public benefit corporation funded through a bequest from Larry L. Hillblom, a respected international businessman who was one of the three founders of DHL Worldwide Express.

By virtue of Mr. Hillblom’s will, substantially all of the Foundation’s funding supports medical research within the State of California, with particular attention to research programs conducted by the University of California. The Foundation supports basic scientific research, clinical research, and research related to patient self-care and management.

The Board of the Larry L. Hillblom Foundation has assigned its initial medical research priorities in efforts toward curing, treating and managing diabetes mellitus, and chronic and degenerative diseases associated with aging, with a primary focus on brain and vision disorders.

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LLHF has awarded approximately $150 million in grants.

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Total medical research grants awarded to major universities & institutions

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Grants awarded for research efforts toward curing, treating and managing diabetes mellitus

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Grants awarded to study chronic and degenerative diseases associated with aging.

Funded Research

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Nisha Sharma, PhD

Role of Bile Acid enzyme CYP8B1 in Type 2 Diabetes Associated Diabetic Kidney Disease

Ghazaleh Eskandari-Sedighi, PhD

Stem-Cell Based Approaches to Study Mechanisms of AD Resilience in Human Microglia

Tamas Nagy, PhD

Identifying the Role of Mechanosensation in the Decline of Stem Cell Homeostasis

Seth Sharp, PhD

Genome-Wide Multi-Omic Characterization of Human Primary Islets to Identify Therapeutic Targets

Jinhao (Albert) Xu, PhD

Defining the Role of Sensory Neurons in Age-Related Osteoarthritis

Ilia Droujinine, PhD

Intestine to Adipose Tissue Interorgan Communication in Diabetes

Hanna Martens, PhD

The Regulation of Immunosenescence and its Implications on Healthy Aging

Biswarathan Ramani, MD, PhD

Stem-Elucidating the Role of DNAJC7 in Neuronal Protein Homeostasis and Neurodegeneration

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