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Dr. Brown has a long history of testing diabetes prevention and self-management interventions in Starr County, an impoverished Texas-Mexico border rural community with the highest rates of diabetes-related deaths in the county. This area is known to be one of the poorest in Texas and the U.S. Her work has focused on developing and testing culturally tailored strategies to address the disproportionate burden of diabetes among Mexican Americans. Over the years, Dr. Brown has received numerous research grants from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK/NIH) and the State of Texas, aimed at testing the efficacy of interventions specifically designed for this population. Her recent study (2017-2023) was designed to test a diabetes prevention intervention for Mexican Americans with verified prediabetes, also examining the influence of genetic variation on glucose regulation and response to lifestyle intervention. For more information about this study, you can read the article titled 'Researchers Seek to Prevent Diabetes in At-Risk Population.'
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