Fellowship

Eligibility Criteria for Clinical Fellowship

The Division of Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases offers a two-year fellowship program for physicians (M.D. or equivalent qualification) interested in pursuing an academic career in Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases. This is an unaccredited program affiliated with the Endocrinology Fellowship program. To be eligible for the fellowship, candidates must:

1. Complete residency/postgraduate training

   Have completed residency/postgraduate training in Internal Medicine

2. Valid ECFMG certificate and ECFMG sponsorship

   Have a valid ECFMG certificate and be sponsored by ECFMG if they are graduates of a foreign medical school

3. Submit required forms

   Submit their curriculum vitae and three letters of recommendations

Eligibility Criteria for Research Fellowship

1. Two to three-year postdoctoral fellowship

   Two to three-year postdoctoral fellowship is offered to scientists with Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degrees interested in pursuing an academic career.

2. Research

   Research is being conducted in the molecular mechanisms of lipodystrophies for both the genetic and acquired varieties.

3. Available opportunities

   Opportunities are available to create knock-out mice for the genes responsible for lipodystrophies and to identify additional genes for inherited lipodystrophies using positional cloning approaches.

4. Prior Experience

   Prior experience in molecular biology, cell culture, and genetic analysis is desirable though not required.

Contact Us

Abhimanyu Garg, M.D.

Program Director

Lilibeth Godde

GME Program Coordinator II

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