# Integrated Endocrine and Metabolic Research Training

> **NIH NIH T32** · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · 2024 · $288,433

## Abstract

Abstract
The Endocrine Training Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, directed by Dr. Barbara Kahn,
trains MD, MD/PhD and PhD postdoctoral candidates in the research areas of endocrinology, diabetes, and
metabolism. The goal of the program is to foster the development of the next generation of trainees into
independent investigators in endocrinology and metabolism, who will excel in scientific investigation and
succeed in obtaining faculty positions in at major universities and medical schools. A secondary goal is to
provide a rigorous scientific foundation for fellows who will go on to careers as clinician-educators. The
research faculty for the endocrine program is an experienced group of investigators, all of whom are Harvard
Medical School faculty members involved in the comprehensive study of obesity, diabetes, "the metabolic
syndrome", nuclear receptor action, neuroendocrinology and signal transduction. The faculty is comprised of
basic scientists and clinical scientists who work together to train fellows to investigate research questions at
the molecular and physiological levels. The collaborative nature of the faculty is evidenced by multiple joint
publications and shared research core facilities as part of the Boston area NIH-funded Nutrition-Obesity
Research Centers and Diabetes Endocrinology Research Centers. Trainees are provided an opportunity to
learn from the collective expertise of the faculty in the areas of hormone action, regulation of gene expression,
adipocyte biology, animal physiology, gene targeting approaches to endocrine and metabolic disorders,
neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, research in human subjects, and strategies for novel treatment
modalities. Our trainees have an outstanding record of obtaining independent funding and promotion to faculty
positions. These funded investigators now participate in the training of fellows in this and other Programs in
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism around the country. Since the last competitive renewal of this grant,
the Division has added new, talented faculty and has expanded its research space and core facilities. In
particular, the program is strongly supported by core facilities at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in
genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, mass spectrometry, flow cytometry, biostatistics and bioinformatics, and
transgenic mouse generation. The program has further formalized its curriculum in the Responsible Conduct of
Research. The success of the trainees reflects the outstanding quality of this Endocrine Training Program.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10884457
- **Project number:** 5T32DK007516-40
- **Recipient organization:** BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** BARBARA B. KAHN
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $288,433
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1985-07-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10884457

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10884457, Integrated Endocrine and Metabolic Research Training (5T32DK007516-40). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10884457. Licensed CC0.

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