CARE Fellowship in Diabetes Complications Prevention
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Fellowship Title: |
CARE Fellowship in Diabetes Complications Prevention |
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Division: |
Nephrology |
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Fellowship Type: |
Clinical and Research |
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Supervisors: |
Dr. David Cherney |
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Duration: |
One year |
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Application Open and Close Date: |
October 1 to February 28 |
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Anticipated Start Date(s): |
July 1 |
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Number of position(s) per year: |
Varies |
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Description: |
The fellowship is designed to train emerging leaders in the area of the prevention of diabetes complications. Areas of specific focus include: 1) mechanistic human physiology studies - Dr. Cherney’s research program; 2) clinical trials in cardiovascular physiology – at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre; 3) clinical trials related to nephropathy and neuropathy prevention with Drs. David Cherney and Bruce Perkins; 4) closed loop insulin pump studies in type 1 diabetes – Dr. Perkins; 5) biomarker studies that will include the longitudinal collection of blood and urine samples for biomarker discovery. In addition to training future leaders in diabetes research, CARE Fellows will gain expertise in providing integrated diabetes clinical care to patients in the “CaRE” Clinic across cardiac, renal and endocrine areas of expertise. They will gain experience in the use of remote monitoring techniques, such as continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and retinal cameras the can transmit images to off-site ophthalmologists for analysis. Ultimately, the goal of the UHN-CARE Diabetes Fellowship is to advance knowledge leading to improved clinical outcomes for patients with diabetes. Based on existing high-profile UHN Nephrology Fellowship programs in Home Dialysis, Geriatrics and Glomerulonephritis, we anticipate that the UHN-CARE Diabetes Complications Fellowship will attract outstanding and qualified candidates who will tend to be new academic physicians who have completed fellowship training and certification, generally in the fields of nephrology, endocrinology or cardiology. The selection criteria for acceptance to the Fellowship are: 1) The applicant’s academic and clinical aptitude 2) A demonstrated interest in diabetes and its complications 3) Support from the applicant’s home institution. Most applicants will have an understanding with their respective home institutions that they will return to establish diabetes – focused programs. Fellows are appointed for a one-year period. In addition to their clinical obligations, they are required to participate in ongoing research studies lead by the Division of Nephrology, Cardiology or Endocrinology in the applicant’s area of interest. As such, we expect that all graduates of the program will publish the results of their research at the end of their Fellowship, thereby raising the profile of the program |
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Contact Name: |
Dr. David Cherney |
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Role: |
Director: Renal Physiology Laboratory, UHN |
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