My current position as a Pediatric Endocrinology fellow at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh has provided me unique research opportunity and surged my enthusiasm to become an academic researcher in beta-cell proliferation field. I started early in my fellowship training to explore that field by studying the prognosis of total pancreatectomy with auto islet cell transplantation in children with chronic pancreatitis. Successful completion of the project was the starting point that prompted me to choose Dr. George Gittes, a well-known expert in that field to be my mentor.
My long-term goal is to become an independent researcher in the field of beta cell proliferation, and to move the field forward in a way translatable to humans.
My short-term …show more content…
Dr. George Gittes, MD, Professor, and Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Gittes is an expert in the field of beta cell proliferation. Individual meetings with Dr. Gittes is scheduled every two weeks to review the broad experimental objectives, the quality of the research data, and technical aspects of my experiments.
2. Dr. Selma Witchel, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Dr. Witchel is an expert in the Adrenal gland and will guide me regarding my career development.
3. Dr. Rhadika Muzumdar, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Cell Biology, Chief, Division of Endocrinology at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Dr. Muzumdar has published widely on obesity and glucose homeostasis, will provide insight into the experimental design, anticipated outcome, and pitfalls. I meet with Dr. Muzumdar at least once every month to assess the lab performance, experimental results, and research progression.
4. Dr. Henry Dong, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Dr. Dong focuses on studies of the mechanisms underlying beta-cell failure and diabetic hypertriglyceridemia in type 2 diabetes. I meet with Dr. Dong at least once every 3 months to review the research progression as
My long-term goal is to become an independent researcher in the field of beta cell proliferation, and to move the field forward in a way translatable to humans.
My short-term …show more content…
Dr. George Gittes, MD, Professor, and Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Gittes is an expert in the field of beta cell proliferation. Individual meetings with Dr. Gittes is scheduled every two weeks to review the broad experimental objectives, the quality of the research data, and technical aspects of my experiments.
2. Dr. Selma Witchel, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Dr. Witchel is an expert in the Adrenal gland and will guide me regarding my career development.
3. Dr. Rhadika Muzumdar, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Cell Biology, Chief, Division of Endocrinology at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Dr. Muzumdar has published widely on obesity and glucose homeostasis, will provide insight into the experimental design, anticipated outcome, and pitfalls. I meet with Dr. Muzumdar at least once every month to assess the lab performance, experimental results, and research progression.
4. Dr. Henry Dong, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Dr. Dong focuses on studies of the mechanisms underlying beta-cell failure and diabetic hypertriglyceridemia in type 2 diabetes. I meet with Dr. Dong at least once every 3 months to review the research progression as