Department of Internal Medicine

Endocrine and Diabetes Fellowship
Training Program

Joseph Dillon, M.D., Associate Professor and Fellowship Program Director
William I. Sivitz, M.D., Professor and Division Director

Applications are being accepted through ERAS for 2010

Our fellowship training program is designed to prepare individuals for an academic career in endocrinology and diabetes. This program provides intensive clinical training and research experience over a two- to four-year period. Fellows will participate in the care of all in- and out-patients with endocrine disorders seen at The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Veterans Administration Medical Center (combined total of 850 beds). In addition to a wide variety of research opportunities in endocrinology, molecular biology and biochemistry, the fellows will be exposed to an interactive program in diabetes care and research consisting of an NIH-funded center for diabetes and endocrinology research, a VA/JDF-funded Diabetes Research Center studying vascular disease in diabetes, and a 12-bed NIH supported Clinical Research Center which is used for clinical investigation by members of the division as well as others. Fellows will develop strong working relationships with all members of the endocrine division.

Major Research Areas
  • Mechanisms of hormone action at the molecular level
  • Pathobiology of pituitary tumors
  • Hormonal regulation of cell growth
  • Eucaryotic gene regulation
  • IGF binding proteins
  • Effects of insulin and IGFs on endothelial cells
  • Glucose transporter function and gene regulation
  • Mechanisms of action of insulin and IGFs
  • Hyperprolactinemia and osteopenia
  • LH/FSH receptors and action
  • Insulin intracellular signaling
  • Epidemiology of Diabetic Complications
  • Treatment outcomes in type 2 diabetes
  • Bone loss in eating disorders
  • Islet cell physiology and pathophysiology
  • Pathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy
  • Myoinositol-sorbitol metabolism
  • Function of vascular endothelium in diabetes
  • Growth factor gene regulation
  • Control of collagen and proteoglycan metabolism in diabetes
  • The pathophysiology of anabolic steroids in men
  • Leptin physiology
  • Hypoglycemic counter regulation
  • Pubertal changes in insulin sensitivity

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For more information, please contact:

Mackenzie Pedersen
Department of Internal Medicine
The University of Iowa
200 Hawkins Drive, E418 GH
Iowa City, IA  52242

Phone: 319/353-7826
FAX: 319- 353-7850

Email: mackenzie-pedersen@uiowa.edu

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