Engineering Center for Diabetes Research and Education
ECDRE is the first engineering center in the U.S. to focus on treatment and cure of diabetes. IIT faculty members, in collaboration with faculty, medical investigators and clinicians at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, are working on a variety of diabetes-related research projects. ECDRE is a component of the Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering, which is developing a biomedical research thrust on the campus.
Faculty at IIT are investigating many areas of diabetes, from cause to cure. Some of the current research is aimed at: wound healing, glucose monitoring, thrombosis prevention, and educational tools and software.