Research scientist Dr. Laura
Michael is helping shape a
brighter future for people
with type 2 diabetes.
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MAKING LIFE
CHANGING
DISCOVERIES
G
rowing up as a science-loving kid, Dr. Laura Michael
says she figured she would teach high school biology
one day. That is until, as an undergraduate at DePauw
University in Indiana, she worked on a project with her
biology professor, Dr. Kathleen Jagger, and realized, for
the first time, that scientific research was a career option.“Dr. Jagger’s confidence in me opened up the possibility
of being a research scientist,” says Michael, a type 2
diabetes researcher at Eli Lilly and Company. “She spent
an incredible amount of time mentoring me so that I
could believe that I could make discoveries no one else
had made.”Today, that’s precisely what Michael is doing: making
daily discoveries to help improve the lives of people with
type 2 diabetes. At Lilly, Michael leads a research team
working to develop new medicines to help manage and
prevent diabetes-related complications, such as heart
and kidney failure.Conducting research in college sparked Michael’s passion
for scientific discovery, and contributing to research
resulting in life-changing innovations – like automated
insulin delivery systems and therapies reducing stroke
and heart failure risk – continually fuels her determination
to achieve more for people with type 2 diabetes.“The advances in diabetes prevention and treatment are
truly remarkable, but it’s also important to remember
that there’s so much more we can do,” Michael adds.
“I’m excited to be on the frontlines in shaping that future.”For more information please visit Innovation.org
“The advances in
diabetes prevention
and treatment are truly
remarkable, but it’s also
important to remember
that there’s so much
more we can do,”
Michael adds. “I’m
excited to be on the
frontlines in shaping
that future.”