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National Institutes for Health Awards PRIDE Grant

(L-R) Drs. Arbeláez, Brookheart, Reeds
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Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases Grant

 Ana Maria Arbeláez, MDRita Brookheart, PhD; and Dominic Reeds, MD, WashU Medicine clinician–researchers and directors, were recently the recipients of one of three National Institutes for Health Grants. This grant offers funding for the Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases (PRIDE) Program. PRIDE offers postbaccalaureate scholars with an intensive two-year mentored research experience in diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolic diseases (DEM) and assistance with the graduate school application process to ultimately complete a research-focused biomedical degree program (PhD or MD/PhD).