# Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism Training Grant

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · 2024 · $691,349

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
For over 40 years, the Integrated Training Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (DEM) has
supported and enhanced research training in DEM for predoctoral, postdoctoral, and short term summer
student trainees at the University of California, San Francisco. The predoctoral training path operates with the
UCSF Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, which trains students for research careers investigating basic
mechanisms of human physiology and disease, to integrate training and strengthen opportunities for graduate
students interested in research careers in DEM. The training program also includes a short-term summer
research program for medical students, helping to support interest in DEM-related fields early in education.
 Postoctoral training includes two tracks. Track 1 supports research training for physician-scientists, while
Track 2 supports mentored postdoctoral research training in DEM. All postdoctoral trainees may select to focus
on Basic or Clinical/Translational Research pathways. Both pathways provide a combination of didactic
(seminars, lectures, journal clubs) and individually-mentored research training. The DEM T32 Program also
works with the Training for Clinical Investigators programs at UCSF, including courses in Epidemiology,
Biostatistics, and Clinical Study Design. All predoctoral and postdoctoral DEM trainees participate in seminars
and practical application on the Ethics and Responsible Conduct of Science, and Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion.
 Trainees work with a large, accomplished, and interactive DEM faculty drawn from multiple academic
departments and Organized Research Units/Institutes across UCSF. All of the predoctoral trainees who earned
PhDs in the past 15 years have continued in scientific research positions -- in postdoctoral research
fellowships, academic research faculty positions, or pharmaceutical/biotech research positions. Of the
postdoctoral trainees who completed their fellowships in the same period, 41% hold academic faculty
positions, and 61% remain in research or research related careers. New improvements to the DEM Program
include a formal Career Mentoring Program, a new summer research program for medical students, an annual
retreat, increased integration with the UCSF Diabetes Center and NIH/NIDDK-supported Nutrition and Obesity
Center (NORC) and further expansion to the new basic and clinical science campus at UCSF Mission Bay.
 Together these changes enhance the already strong DEM Training Program and will expand future
opportunities in DEM for both predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees at UCSF.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10897009
- **Project number:** 5T32DK007418-43
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
- **Principal Investigator:** EDWARD C HSIAO
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $691,349
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1981-07-01 → 2027-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10897009

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10897009, Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism Training Grant (5T32DK007418-43). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10897009. Licensed CC0.

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