The Baltimore Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC) fosters an environment suitable to maintaining and developing multidisciplinary biomedical research, training and information transfer activities related to diabetes and related endocrine disorders at the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland.
Overarching Goals of the Baltimore DRTC:
• Foster collaborative, multidisciplinary diabetes and endocrinology research in a supportive environment
• Enhance the clinical and basic research capabilities of established diabetes investigators
• Encourage investigators not involved in diabetes research to become interested in pursuing problems related to diabetes and endocrinology
• Develop and implement programs for the training of health care professionals in the diagnosis and management of diabetes
• Develop, implement and evaluate programs that deliver cost effective health care for the treatment of persons with diabetes
• Speed the translation of advances in basic biomedical and genetic research to the clinical arena where they may be applied to the diagnosis and treatment of persons with diabetes
• Inform others in both professional and lay settings of the accomplishments, opportunities and advancements in diabetes research and training
The Baltimore DRTC consists of six cores including Cell Biology, Integrated Physiology, Transgenic/ES cells, Genetics, Clinical Investigation, and Prevention & Control.
Baltimore DRTC Membership
The Baltimore DRTC membership involves individuals at the Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine, Public Health, Nursing and the University of Maryland School of Medicine that form our research base, organized into 8 focus groups. Membership includes 138 investigators and span over 40 separate departments among these four schools. The investigators perform diabetes and endocrinology biomedical research funded by federal and private organizations.
