# Diabetes, Endocrine, and Metabolism

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · 2022 · $89,907

## Abstract

Project Summary
 This is a competitive renewal for our longstanding Training Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and
Metabolic Diseases. During the most recent funding cycle, 4 postdoctoral fellows were supported each year,
with two additional postdoctoral fellows supported through Diversity Supplements. A total of 13 trainees
working with 11 different mentors were supported during this cycle. The program is designed to accommodate
PhD scientists, as well as physician scientists with MD or MD/PhD degrees. Of the 5 postdoctoral trainees
supported by this T32 during the last 4 years who are no longer in training, three are junior faculty at Penn
supported by K-awards, one is a bioinformatician at Penn, and one is a research associate at Yale. For the
next period, we request continued funding of four postdoctoral fellows. We also request continued support of
Penn’s NIDDK Medical Student Research Program, which has supported 12 medical students during this
funding cycle. Our 23 training faculty have primary appointments in nine Medical School Departments and one
Department in the School of Arts and Sciences and consist of 15 professors, 3 associate professors, and 5
assistant professors. Nine members of the training faculty are women and one is an underrepresented
minority. In the last funding cycle, six mentors left Penn or changed status to emeritus, two were removed, and
twelve were appointed to the training grant. Training grant faculty are highly funded by the NIH and direct
programs in β-cell development and function, obesity, hormone action, physiology, diabetic complications, and
genetics in humans and model organisms, with expertise in laboratory-based, translational, patient-oriented,
and community-based research. The Program is strongly supported by access to a superb range of
institutional resources at the University of Pennsylvania, including the DRC and CTSA. We have experienced
programmatic growth in graduate students pursuing research in diabetes and obesity, and we are requesting 4
new slots to support predoctoral trainees. This training program continues to provide superb preparation for
scientists committed to careers in research into diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolism.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10640310
- **Project number:** 3T32DK007314-42S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
- **Principal Investigator:** DORIS A STOFFERS
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $89,907
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 1978-09-15 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10640310

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10640310, Diabetes, Endocrine, and Metabolism (3T32DK007314-42S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10640310. Licensed CC0.

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