The Endocrine Scientist Training Program at IU School of Medicine is an NIH-funded program that prepares pediatric endocrinology and combined medicine-pediatric endocrinology fellows for a career in clinical or basic science research. This program is completed during the second or third year of fellowship training and consists of mentor-based training in clinical or laboratory research techniques as well as didactic courses in clinical research methods or molecular biologic techniques, research ethics and statistics.
This program consists of two tracks: the Basic Science of Endocrinology Track and the Endocrinology Clinical Research Track. Fellows following the Endocrinology Clinical Research Track obtain a Master of Clinical Research degree at the completion of their three-year fellowship.