Research Opportunities

Members of the Section of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology actively participate in numerous clinical and basic research studies, and section members successfully compete for both governmental and non-governmental research funding. Clinical research interests in diabetes include the study of innovative strategies to prevent diabetes in susceptible patients, new methods of insulin provision, and the vascular effects of insulin. Faculty members in several university divisions conduct basic science research related to diabetes. Clinical endocrine research interests of section members range from bone metabolism and phytoestrogen effects to McCuneAlbright syndrome and novel uses of growth hormone. The section has ongoing basic science projects investigating growth hormone releasing hormone-related peptide, the pathogenesis of granulosa cell tumors, mutations in the FSH receptor, and abnormalities of G proteins. Faculty members also participate in a large number of sponsored clinical trials.