Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition
Research Activities
- Genetics of osteoporosis and osteogenesis
imperfecta
- New understandings for the genetic basis of Type 2 diabetes and obesity,
and the development of new therapeutic and prevention strategies
- Characterization of growth factors for pancreatic beta cells and their potential
clinical use for treatment of Type 1 diabetes
- Investigation of the long-term effects of blood glucose control on prevention
and delay of diabetic complications
- Optimization of preoperative and postoperative care for patients undergoing
pancreas transplantation
- Optimization of diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease in patients
with diabetes
- Preclinical gene therapy approaches for diabetes
- Studies to determine why some people respond to certain diabetes drugs while
others do not (pharmacogenomics)
- Clinical trials of new therapeutic agents for the treatment of diabetes
and obesity
- Genetics of hypertension
- Diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis associated with kidney failure and
transplantation
- Studies of growth hormone replacement in adults
- Genetics of longevity
- Molecular studies of fat cells and how insulin works
For more information, call the University Physicians Consultation
and Referral Service at 1-800-492-5538 (patients) or 1-800-373-4111 (physicians).
For diabetes referrals please call the Joslin Diabetes Center at University
of Maryland Medicine at 1-888-JOSLIN8 ( 1-888-567-5468 ).
This page was last updated on: February 8, 2008.
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