The Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre Ltd (DVDC)...

• is a joint initiative of the Australian Government, through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF); 
• was established to identify, evaluate, support and coordinate a range of projects as approved by its Board.  DVDC bridges the gap between fundamental research and full scale clinical product development; 
• was launched in March, 2003 initially operating from within the School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne and, from late 2007, from The Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney.

The Garvan Institute of Medical Research, acts as the Sponsoring Administering Institution for DVDC.
This relationship provides links to medical researchers and clinicians with shared interests in illness prevention, an awareness of key issues in translating research programs, and with direct interface between laboratory health science and the community.

Mission

The Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre Ltd's mission is,

"to accelerate the development of one or more vaccines that would prevent or delay the progress of early onset diabetes, aiming to have clinical proof of concept in 3-5 years, with studies conducted to a standard acceptable to regulatory agencies and to an eventual industrial partner."

Vision

The Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre Ltd will be recognised as the global leader for the translation of research into the development of immunotherapeutic approaches to prevent or delay the onset of Type 1 diabetes.

Chief Executive Officer

Ms Rowena Tucker

DVDC Board

Professor Don Chisholm FRACP AO (Chair) - Senior Principal Research Fellow, Diabetes and Obesity Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Mr John Dakin - Chief Operating Officer, Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Mr Paul Eisen - Director, APAC Medical Device Consultants

Professor Ian Frazer FAA - Director, Diamantina Institute for Cancer Immunology and Metabolic Medicine

Ms Christina Hardy - Director, Business Development, Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Mr Stephen Higgs - Chair of the Board of Directors, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Australia

Professor John Shine AO FAA - Executive Director, Garvan Institute of Medical Research

DVDC Scientific Advisory Committee

Professor Ian Frazer FAA (Chair) - Director, Diamantina Institute for Cancer Immunology and Metabolic Medicine

Dr Robert Goldstein MD, PhD - Senior Vice President, Scientific Affairs, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International

Professor Christopher Goodnow - Director, Austrlian Phenomics Facility, The John Curtin School of Medical Research

Dr Carla Greenbaum - Director, Diabetes Clinical Research, Benaroya Research Institute

Professor Leonard Harrison - Head, Autoimmunity and Transplantation Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute / Professor Peter Colman - Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Royal Melbourne Hospital

Mr Stephen Higgs - Chair of the Board of Directors, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Australia

Dr Dorota Pawlak - Research Development Manager, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Australia

Dr Roland Tisch - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina