# Pediatric Endocrine Fellowship Training in Diabetes and Endocrine Research

> **NIH NIH T32** · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · 2020 · $94,825

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
To address the severe shortage of academic pediatric endocrinologists, this Training Program will
take advantage of the important new opportunities for advancing diabetes and endocrine research
in children provided by such recent scientific advances as the Human Genome Project, islet
transplantation and biomechanical and bio-engineered islets, and the NIH roadmap
transformation of GCRC programs for patient- oriented research into Clinical Translational
Science Awards. The Program will support Trainees during up to 2 years of research training at
the fellowship level. The Training faculty includes 26 scientific mentors from the Children’s
Hospital and the Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania who have
outstanding credentials and active funded research programs and well-established training
records. These mentors will supervise Trainees in basic laboratory research and/or patient-
oriented and translational research projects related to diabetes and endocrine disorders in
children. Research opportunities will include several areas of basic research (ß-Cell Function,
Hormone Action, Mechanisms of Disease, Endocrine Physiology, and Transcriptional
Regulation). Patient-oriented research opportunities will include Translational Research, Disease
Mechanisms, Pathophysiology, Diabetes Complications, Genetics, Clinical Trials, Metabolic
Syndrome, Nutrition, and Epidemiology. The Program includes multiple interactions for Trainees
with basic and clinical research and training in all aspects of research, including biostatistics,
bioethics, molecular biology, etc. The Program is strongly supported by access to a superb range
of institutional resources at Children’s Hospital and University of Pennsylvania, including the
CTSA and the University of Pennsylvania DERC. The request is made to support 3 fellow slots
in this Program each year. The long-term goal of this T32 Training Program renewal is to develop
a new generation of pediatric endocrinologists who will be equipped to carry out innovative and
scientifically rigorous patient- oriented and laboratory-based research in diabetes and endocrine
disorders of children.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10177048
- **Project number:** 3T32DK063688-17S1
- **Recipient organization:** CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA
- **Principal Investigator:** LORRAINE E LEVITT KATZ
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $94,825
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2002-09-30 → 2021-06-20

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10177048

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10177048, Pediatric Endocrine Fellowship Training in Diabetes and Endocrine Research (3T32DK063688-17S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10177048. Licensed CC0.

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