Alice Tomei MS, PhD

Dr. Alice Anna Tomei is an Associate Professor in the departments of Biomedical Engineering, Immunology, and Surgery and the director of the Islet Immunoengineering Laboratory at the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the University of Miami Millers School of Medicine. She is applying her unique background in bioengineering and immunology to develop novel immunoengineering platforms to prevent rejection after islet transplantation and to promote antigen-specific tolerance for a cure for type-1 diabetes. Dr. Tomei has secured and successfully administered grants from the NIH, JDRF, Johnson & Johnson, Semma Therapeutics, and Sernova. She is a standing member of the NIH BMBI study section and the CIRM grant working group. She was awarded the Marc S. Goodman Prize to an Outstanding Young Scientist, the JDRF Career Development Award, the Eliahu I. Jury Early Career Research Award, the Johnson A. Edosomwan Researcher of the Year Award, the CMBE Young Innovator, and the Alexander Orr Excellence in Teaching Award.