Fellowships

Applications are invited for two fellowships ($30,000 for one year) from Principal Investigators within BDC and are open to basic research scientists (Blum-Kovler Postdoctoral Research Award) or clinical research scientists (O'Brien Physician Scientist Fellowship Award) holding a M.D. or Ph.D. degree interested in the causes, prevention, and treatment of type 1 diabetes. Research areas relate to faculty interests and include immunology, transplantation, biology, islet molecular biology, etc.
The Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes at the University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO provides clinical care for more than 3,000 children with type 1 diabetes and supports a program of basic and clinical research aimed at elucidation of the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes and its prevention. Research activities cover a broad range of disciplines including molecular and developmental biology of pancreatic islets (Sarkar and Hutton), immunology of autoimmune disease (Eisenbarth, Gottlieb, Davidson, Gianani, Liu) and the epidemiology and molecular genetics of type 1 diabetes (Fain, Eisenbarth).
The Barbara Davis Center is currently an Autoimmunity Center of Excellence, a Diabetes and Endocrine Research Center and JDRF Autoimmunity Prevention Center.
 PIs are invited to submit applicants who have a M.D. or Ph.D. and who are interested in joining these sponsored by the Blum-Kovler family which would support their salary based on the NIH/JDRF award scales.
PIs should submit Applicant’s curriculum vitae, statement of research interests with a program of work, and names of two referees by October 31, 2009 to:
Kathryn Gray
Barbara Davis Center
Mail Stop B-140
1775 Aurora Court
Aurora, CO 80045
or fax: 303-724-6839
or E-mail: Kathryn Gray.
Awards providing an initial 12 months support will be announced on January 1, 2010 with activation within the following 6 months.

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