Director, Dr. Sherwin

Director, Dr. Sherwin

The Yale Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center (DERC) was established in 1993 with funds from NIDDK to promote research in diabetes and related metabolic and endocrine disorders at the University. The Center brings together a multidisciplinary group of nearly 100 Yale scientists as well as professional supporting staff and research trainees from twenty Departments at the School of Medicine and from the Schools of Public Health and Nursing as well as the Biological Sciences. The scope of the research activities of the membership is very broad, ranging from basic molecular biology to whole body physiology and the treatment of diabetic patients. Members, however, share a common interest in research that is related to diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism or is fundamental to the understanding of the pathogenesis or the development of new treatment strategies for diabetes. The cornerstone of the Center is its six Research Cores that provide funded basic and clinical investigators with the opportunity to more efficiently utilize resources and expand the scope of their research programs at reduced cost. The Clinical Metabolism and the new Diabetes Translational Cores facilitate metabolic research in patients, whereas the Molecular, Transgenic, Animal Genetics, Animal Physiology and Cell Biology Cores that comprise the Animal Resource Program offer investigators the tools to create and test novel animal models starting from the molecule and ending with biological outcomes. The Administrative Core oversees the operation of the Center, its Pilot/Feasibility Project and Enrichment Programs, and helps to coordinate patient-based research in diabetes. The goals of the DERC are to: 1) stimulate multidisciplinary interactions, particularly between basic and clinical scientists; 2) efficiently organize time consuming and/or costly techniques through Core facilities to enhance the productivity of funded investigators conducting research in diabetes related areas; 3) promote new research programs through pilot feasibility projects; and 4) create a institutional environment that enhances research efforts to develop new strategies to prevent and treat diabetes and related metabolic and endocrine disorders.

You are welcome to browse the website which provides a summary of the resources available to DERC members.