Established in 2008, the UK Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center is a leader in diabetes treatment, prevention, education and research. Each year, thousands of children and adults visit the experts at our center for management and treatment of Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, gestational diabetes and other diabetes-related diseases.

Each year, researchers from the University of Kentucky and other regional institutes share their current findings and ongoing research about the alarming rise in obesity and diabetes rates at the Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center – Diabetes and Obesity Research Day.

Presenters also discuss prevention and treatment of these epidemic-level diseases.