Endocrine Fellowship Training Program

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The Section of Endocrinology at Yale University has a research training program in Diabetes Mellitus and Disorders of Metabolism. This program, which is funded by NIH, has a strong record based on its ability of attracting a strong applicant pool and the high level of research productivity of the training faculty.

A major goal of the program is to develop physician-scientists who possess the requisite laboratory skills to purse and compete effectively in academic medicine. Physician trainees entering the program will have an M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degree and at least 2-3 years of clinical training in medicine or pediatrics. Ph.D. scientists are also recruited to the program since their participation is critical to the training environment. Heavy emphasis in the selection process is given to those applicants demonstrating potential and desiring research training for a career in clinical investigation. The duration of the training period is three years so as to provide a more in-depth training experience. The cornerstone of the curriculum involves the participation by the trainee in a specific laboratory project under the direction of a designated preceptor. The research projects offered span the gamut from clinical investigation to basic science and are designed to develop the laboratory skills required for a faculty appointment in internal medicine, pediatrics, or in a basic science department. The scope of the program has been expanded to provide the trainees with greater exposure to state-of-the-art laboratory techniques. Research opportunities are available in three major areas: 1) pathophysiology of diabetes, 2) immunology of diabetes, and 3) developmental and bone biology. Trainees have the opportunity to participate in ongoing projects involving collaborations with basic science departments in genetics, cell biology and immunobiology. Close interactions among preceptors within each programmatic area serve to further enrich the training experience. Instruction is also provided by means of an organized series of lectures, research seminars, and journal clubs (links).

The following sites within the Yale University School of Medicine participate in the program: research laboratories in the Sections of Adult and Pediatric Endocrinology, facilities of the Adult and Children's Clinical Research Centers, the Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center, the NMR Center, the laboratories of the Section of Immunobiology and the Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine. Part of the clinical and research activities takes place at the affiliated West Haven Veteran Administration Medical Center, West Haven, CT.

Arthur E. Broadus, M.D., Ph.D.
Parathyroid hormone-related pepetide and developmental biology

Sonia Caprio, M.D.
Childhood obesity

Thomas Carpenter, M.D.
Metabolic bone disease in children

Gary Cline, Ph.D.
Use of stable isotopes to study metabolic pathways

Pietro De Camilli, Ph.D.
Cell biology

Richard Flavell, Ph.D.
Use of transgenic and gene knockout mice in autoimmune diabetes

Rosa Hendler, M.D.
Obesity and weight regulation

Karl Insogna, M.D.
Bone cell biology and osteoporosis

Silvio Inzucchi, M.D.
Therapy of type II diabetes
Quality improvement in diabetes management
Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency Syndrome

Kitt M.F. Petersen, M.D.
Insulin resistance and diabetes

William Philbrick, Ph.D.
Role of parathyroid hormone-related peptide in development

Scott Rivkees, M.D.
Regulation of circadian rhythms and the role of adenosine in brain function

Douglas Rothman, Ph.D.
Use of NMR methods to study amino acid and/or glycogen metabolism

Robert S. Sherwin, M.D.
Insulin-counterregulatory hormone interactions and immunology of diabetes

Gerald I. Shulman, M.D., Ph.D.
NMR studies of intermediary metabolism in diabetes

William Tamborlane, M.D.
Insulin action in childhood and type I diabetes

Li Wen, M.D., Ph.D.
Cellular autoimmunity in type I diabetes

John Wysolmerski M.D., Ph.D.
Regulation of mammary development by PTHrP

Tian Xu, Ph.D.
Developing biology

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