# Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism Training Grant

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · 2020 · $604,322

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
For 35 years, the Integrated Training Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (DEM) has
supported and enhanced research training in DEM for predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees at 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.
Postoctoral training includes two tracks. Track 1 supports research training for physician-scientists. Track 2
supports mentored postdoctoral research training in DEM. Postdoctoral trainees in either track may train in the
Basic or Clinical Investigation. Both pathways provide a combination of didactic (seminars, lectures, journal
clubs) and individually-mentored research training. Training for Clinical Investigators includes courses in
Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Clinical Study Design. All predoctoral and postdoctoral DEM trainees
participate in seminars on the Ethics and Responsible Conduct of Science.
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, 45% hold academic faculty
positions, and 74% remain in research. 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 NIH/NIDDK-supported UCSF Diabetes Research Center (DRC) and 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:** 9980360
- **Project number:** 5T32DK007418-39
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
- **Principal Investigator:** Michael S German
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $604,322
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1981-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9980360

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9980360, Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism Training Grant (5T32DK007418-39). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9980360. Licensed CC0.

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