
Virtual Sessions
Our Zoom-based virtual sessions will start on October 4th and end on October 31st, and they will take place on Saturdays and Sundays at 11 am ~ 12 pm (EST). Our Expert scientists and clinicians will lead 30-minute sessions on their exciting research programs and insightful perspectives on academic career. All virtual sessions will end with a 10-minute Q&A period that invites our students to engage with our Experts. For this reason, we highly encourage all attendees to turn on their videos during the sessions. All registered attendees must participate in the entire program and will receive a certificate upon completion of this virtual internship program.


Session 13: The Benefits of Accidental Discovery
Dr. Thomas Gardner
University of Michigan Medical School

Session 12: The Role of the Gastrointestinal Tract in T2D - Lessons from Bariatric Surgery
Dr. Mary-Elizabeth Patti
Harvard Medical School

Session 11: Preparing for Medical School & Graduate School
Dr. Jason Kim
University of Massachusetts Medical School

Session 10: Developing New Systems for Investigating Diabetes Genetics
Dr. Seung Kim
Stanford University School of Medicine

Session 9: A New Approach to Liver Disease in Type 2 Diabetes
Dr. Michael Czech
University of Massachusetts Medical School

Session 8: Linking Obesity and Diabetes
Dr. Rexford Ahima
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Session 7: Pancreatic Beta Cell Regeneration: Perspectives of a Physician-Scientist
Dr. Laura Alonso
Weill Cornell Medical College

Session 6: Obesity & Diabetes: Marriage Made in Clinic
Dr. Jason Kim
University of Massachusetts Medical School

Session 5: The Fundamentals of Ethics for Conducting Scientific Research
Dr. Rohit Kulkarni
Harvard Medical School

Session 4: COVID-19 in People with Obesity and Diabetes
Dr. Franck Mauvais-Jarvis
Tulane University School of Medicine

Session 3: Living Lifelong with Diabetes: So Much Accomplished, Yet So Much Still to Be Done
Dr. Robert Eckel
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Session 2: How the Environment and Genes Contribute to Diabetes
Dr. Mitchell Lazar
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Session 1: Opening Session & Introduction to Diabetes
Dr. Jason Kim
University of Massachusetts Medical School