Nelly Mauras, MD is Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism at the Nemours Children’s Health System in Jacksonville Florida, and at Wolfson Children’s Hospital. She is Professor of Pediatrics at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, affiliated with Nemours. Dr. Mauras is a clinical research scientist focused on the interactions and metabolism of hormones and nutrients in children and adolescents. Her research interests include type 1 diabetes, disorders of growth, estrogen action and Turner Syndrome. She has published over 200 peer reviewed papers in the literature to-date and has lectured extensively nationally and internationally. Dr. Mauras is one of 2 co-principal investigators for the Diabetes Research in Children Network (DirecNet), an NIH-funded consortium of 5 Pediatric diabetes centers and imaging and data coordinating center investigating the impact of type 1 diabetes on the brain in children. She is co-investigator in 2 other NIH-funded grants. Dr. Mauras has been or is a member of advisory panels, editorial boards, medical societies committees, and has served in NICHD study sections and expert NIH review panels and in multiple meeting program committees. She is funded by the National Institutes of Health, private foundations, as well as industry. Dr. Mauras remains an active clinician and teacher of pediatric house staff and pediatric and adult endocrine fellows at Nemours in Jacksonville.