Jun Qu, PhD, professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, has been awarded a four-year $982,617 U01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The study, called “Robust Mass Spectrometric Protein/Peptide Assays for Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Applications,” will develop novel, highly sensitive assays that quantify proteins or peptide hormones to effectively monitor the progression or efficacy of new clinical interventions prior to or following the onset of Type 1 diabetes.