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Pediatric Nutrition – Clinical Fellowship

Individuals who have completed residency training may apply for a clinical fellowship in nutrition. Clinical training consists of 6 to 12 months of clinical service in pediatric nutrition and in related areas in adult medicine as appropriate to the trainee's interests. Content areas include inpatient nutrition support; outpatient assessment and treatment of growth and nutrition problems; breastfeeding assessment and management; and obesity assessment and treatment. Trainees also have rotations with subspecialty clinics for conditions with nutrition-related problems, including cystic fibrosis, short gut syndrome and feeding intolerance, liver disease, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and others. Individuals who complete the clinical fellowship are eligible to apply for the NIH T32 Research Fellowship.

For information about the Pediatric Clinical Nutrition Fellowship please contact:

Nancy F. Krebs, MD, MS
Professor of Pediatrics
Director,Nutrition Training Grant
Section Head, Nutrition
UCD Box C225
12700 East 19th Ave.
Aurora, CO 80045
Tel: 303-724-3260
Fax: 303-724-3206
E-mail: Nancy.Krebs@ucdenver.edu

Nutrition – NIH T32 Research Fellowship

Individuals who have completed residency training, PhD or other terminal degree may apply for a research fellowship in nutrition. The objective of this program is to provide research training in the nutritional sciences to physician scientists, basic researchers, and behavioral scientists who are committed to prevention of disease and health promotion through careers in human nutrition.

Program faculty in the Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, and other schools on the AMC provide the foundation of nutrition research. Areas of interest include obesity and energy balance; nutrition partitioning; molecular, genetic, and environmental basis of insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes; micronutrient homeostasis and effects of nutrient deficiency states; global nutrition; maternal and fetal nutrient utilization; fetal origins of adult disease, human aging; eating and feeding behaviors; health promotion and nutrition education; and the epidemiology of nutrition-related conditions.

Faculty expertise ranges from clinical trials, neuroimaging, tissue, cellular and molecular methodologies to intervention development based on behavioral, physical, and social environmental factors across the life course. Faculty mentors are from Pediatrics, Medicine, The Colorado School of Public Health and CSU Food Science and Human Nutrition.

Fellowship support is available for up to 3 years of research training through an NIDDK-funded Nutrition Training Grant (T32 DK07658-18; PI: Nancy F. Krebs, MD).

For information about the NIH T32 Nutrition Research Fellowship please contact:

Susan L. Johnson, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Director, Nutrition Training Grant
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Mail Stop F 561
12631 East 17th Avenue, Room 2609
Aurora, CO 80045
Ph: 303-724-2923
Fax: 303-724-4495
E-mail: Susan.Johnson@ucdenver.edu

Fellowship Brochure (PDF) .pdf

In addition to developing their research project, trainees are also expected to participate in: 1) the course "Ethics in Research" taught in the fall semester; 2) the nutrition seminar series jointly sponsored by the Center for Human Nutrition and the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes in the Department of Medicine; and 3) one of several journal clubs and seminar series related to the individual’s interests. Many clinical fellows elect to complete coursework for a Master’s degree in Public Health or Clinical Science during their fellowship.

Support for up to 3 years of research training is also available through an NIH-funded Nutrition Training Grant (T32 DK07658-18; PI: Nancy F. Krebs, MD). The objective of this program is to provide research training in the nutritional sciences to both physicians and basic scientists who demonstrate a commitment to a career in nutrition research. The foundation of nutrition research is the presence of program faculty in the Department of Pediatrics and several other departments in the School of Medicine with expertise in whole-body/clinical, tissue, cellular and molecular methodologies. Areas of interest include obesity and energy balance, childhood eating behaviors, and trace mineral nutrition and requirements, with emphasis on infants, children, and women of childbearing age in both the U.S. and in developing countries.

Research trainees are expected to spend a minimum of 80% effort on their research program. A proposal of the research plan to be undertaken will be required at the end of the fourth month of the first year. This research plan will be reviewed by a steering committee made up of program faculty. Formal presentation of progress will be required through the nutrition seminar series and the fellow’s scholarship oversight committee.

For additional information, or if any assistance is required during the training program, please contact Susan Johnson, PhD, Associate Director (see below). For information about the Clinical Nutrition Fellowship, contact Nancy F. Krebs, MD: Nancy.Krebs@ucdenver.edu


Nutrition Training Faculty

University of Colorado School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Richard E. Boles, PhD
Jed Friedman, PhD
K. Michael Hambidge, MD, ScD
William Hay, Jr., MD
Janine A. Higgins, PhD
James O. Hill, PhD
Susan L. Johnson, PhD
Nancy F. Krebs, MD
Michael R. Narkewicz, MD
Ann Reynolds, MD
Ronald Sokol, MD
Philip Zeitler, MD, PhD


Department of Medicine
Linda Barbour, MD, MSPH
Bryan Bergman, PhD
Daniel Bessesen, MD
Marc Cornier, MD
Wendy Kohrt, PhD
Paul MacLean, PhD
James McManaman, PhD
Edward L. Melanson, PhD
Judith Regensteiner, PhD
Rachel Van Pelt, PhD
Holly Wyatt, MD


Colorado School of Public Health
Tim Byers, MD, PhD
Dana Dabelea, MD, PhD
John Hokanson, PhD, MPH
Julie Marshall, PhD
Jill Norris, MPH, PhD


Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition; Colorado State University
Michael Pagliassotti, PhD


Our fellowship application form is provided as an Adobe PDF file. Please print, complete and return the form with a letter of inquiry and current curriculum vitae to:

Susan Johnson, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Director, Nutrition Training Grant
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Mail Stop F 561
12631 East 17th Avenue, Room 2609
Aurora, CO 80045
Tel:  (303) 724-2923
Fax: (303) 724-4495
E-mail: Susan.Johnson@ucdenver.edu


Applications and letters will be due for review by Jan 15 each year.

Nutrition Fellows

 

Nutrition Fellows
Left to Right: Kristen Boyle, PhD, Matthew Haemer, MD, Madiha Abdel-Maksoud, MD, PhD, (not pictured: Bridget Young, PhD)

 

 
 

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