# Developing Pediatric Diabetes Investigators for the Future

> **NIH NIH K12** · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · 2021 · $188,120

## Abstract

Summary Abstract of the Funded K12 Parent Award
This application is a proposal for a career development program for pediatric endocrinologists,
designed to provide multidisciplinary training in diabetes research at The Barbara Davis Center
(BDC), The University of Colorado School of Medicine (UC SOM) and the wider Anschutz Medical
Campus (AMC). The proposal’s rationale is: 1) there is a critical nationwide shortage of pediatric
endocrinologists trained and experienced in T1D and T2D research 2) diabetes is an increasingly
significant healthcare problem in the pediatric population with devastating consequences from a
personal and health economics viewpoint 3) current rapid advances in diabetes investigation calls
for an increased pool of physician scientists trained in clinical, biochemical, epidemiological, and
behavioral research to carry out basic and translational research in pediatric T1D and T2D to
bring advances in diabetes research to the clinical arena. The BDC has an extensive and proven
record in research training of young investigators. The BDC and AMC have a well-established
network of investigators working in the epidemiology, new diabetes technology, immuno-biology,
genetics, and molecular biology of T1D diabetes, as well as the abnormal pathophysiology of
T2D. This network of experienced mentors is ideally suited to develop the next generation of
pediatric endocrinologists into independent diabetes investigators in high impact T1D and T2D
research. Areas of research focus within the BDC include islet cell development, genetics,
molecular biology, immunology and the autoimmunity, prediction and prevention of type 1
diabetes, and the epidemiology, prevention and improved treatment, including new technology
advancement, of T1D and T2D. These areas of research are urgently needed and have been
identified as important to the national public health to improve diabetes treatment in the US. This
application is enhanced by the NIH supported Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences
Institute (CCTSI), Pediatric and Adult Clinical Translational Research Centers, as well as a strong
Masters of Science in Public Health and in Clinical Science and PhD programs in the Colorado
School of Public Health (CSPH) and the CCTSI. This application has the support of the
Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, the CSPH, and Children’s Hospital Colorado. The ability to
provide excellent didactic coursework in statistics, epidemiology, research methods, ethics of
human research, medical writing, biochemistry, pharmacokinetics, molecular and developmental
biology, as well as human medical and molecular genetics through the CCTSI, the BDC and the
CSPH combined with a strong mentoring faculty at the BDC, UCSOM and CSPH will allow us to
provide the career development for pediatric endocrinologists producing independent
investigators, capable of competing for funding in high quality diabetes research. Other programs
within AMC that are supportive of this program ...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10402528
- **Project number:** 3K12DK094712-10S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
- **Principal Investigator:** Andrea Steck
- **Activity code:** K12 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $188,120
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2011-09-16 → 2022-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10402528

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10402528, Developing Pediatric Diabetes Investigators for the Future (3K12DK094712-10S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10402528. Licensed CC0.

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