# Integrated Clinical and Basic Endocrinology Research

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · 2021 · $1

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
We are now facing a shortage of endocrine physician scientists, who are among the individuals expected to
present innovative solutions to our national health priorities. The goal of the Endocrine Research Training
Program (ERTP) at the University of Chicago, now in its 46th year of NIH funding, is to train capable, creative,
and thoughtful adult and pediatric endocrine physician scientists of diverse backgrounds for careers in modern
endocrine investigation. At the completion of training, it is anticipated that trainees will be able to
independently initiate investigations into areas important for understanding of endocrine disorders or of health
disparities and economics in populations with endocrine disorders. In the past 15 years, 67% of our trainees
have entered academic research positions, and 41% of these individuals have received subsequent funding,
including K and R01 awards. The Aims of the ERTP are:
 (1) To recruit a competitive pool of physician postdoctoral fellows from diverse backgrounds who embrace
 a commitment to endocrinology research.
 (2) To engage physician fellows in an endocrine training pathway that integrates a basic/translational
 research component with a subspecialty training curriculum.
 (3) To graduate physician fellows who will be competitive for endocrine-related research funding.
 (4) To foster the interest of medical students to pursue careers in endocrinology through summer research
opportunities
To achieve these aims, we have assembled 35 training faculty from eight University departments who carry out
a diverse range of endocrine-related research supported by a substantial base of NIH and other peer reviewed
research grants. Trainees are selected on the basis of individual accomplishments including prior research
training and experience as well as commitment to an academic research career. Trainees select a faculty
preceptor(s) and the trainee and preceptor jointly identify a research project. Trainees then undergo intensive
training under the purview of the preceptor, during which time they assume a progressively greater
responsibility for developing research hypotheses, designing experiments, analyzing the data and preparing
abstracts and scientific manuscripts. In the final year of training, an area of research is identified that is
sufficiently different from the research of the preceptor to allow the trainee to submit an independent research
grant proposal. This research training occurs within the framework of a required core curriculum consisting of
coursework, responsible conduct of research training, and rigor and reproducibility training. As a result of this
intensive training, more than two-thirds of trainees from this program assume academic positions upon
completion of their training and remain active in endocrinology research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10197624
- **Project number:** 2T32DK007011-47
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
- **Principal Investigator:** GRAEME I BELL
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $1
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 1975-07-01 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10197624

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10197624, Integrated Clinical and Basic Endocrinology Research (2T32DK007011-47). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10197624. Licensed CC0.

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