The Diabetes Research Working Group (DRWG) was an independent panel composed of twelve scientific experts in diabetes and four representatives from the lay diabetes community. It developed a Strategic Research Plan that focused on five areas of “extraordinary research opportunity:”
-Genetics of Diabetes and Its Complications
-Autoimmunity and the Beta Cell
-Cell Signaling and Cell Regulation
-Obesity
-Clinical Research and Clinical Trials of Critical Importance

Pictured above is the cover of an NIDDK report on progress made in implementing the recommendations of the DRWG. The full report is available at http://www.niddk.nih.gov/federal/dwg/2002/dwg02.htm