The Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre Limited (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 mission of the DVDC is to provide a platform to translate Type 1 diabetes research into improved clinical outcomes; prevention and therapy.

Vision

The DVDC will be recognised as a global leader and partner of choice for the development of clinical approaches in Type 1 diabetes to prevent, cure or delay its onset and improve its management.

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, VP Sales & Marketing, Australia & Asia Pacific, KarmelSonix

Professor Ian Frazer FRCP(Ed) FRCPA 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 FRCP(Ed) FRCPA 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, Australian 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