Membership is available to full-time faculty who have a professional interest in conducting translational research in diabetes, are supportive of the mission of our Center, and would benefit from core services.
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As a WU-CDTR member, you will gain:
Support from national experts in the field of diabetes translation
- Request one-on-one consultations and core services with our core leads on study design and grant proposals related to diabetes research
Access to a library of resources and funding opportunities
- Utilize the Center’s library of resources related to study design and grant and manuscript development.
- Share and receive news about member activities; upcoming events and funding opportunities through a monthly e-newsletter
Access to a library of resources and funding opportunities
- Apply for pilot and feasibility funding
- Join in in the Center’s enrichment activities including manuscript development events, proposal workshops, and informational webinars and speaker events.
Professional connections
- Extend professional contacts with investigators from many different fields through the Center’s regional and national partners
Full membership:
- Full-time academic members at or affiliated with WUSTL, the University of Missouri at Columbia, the Council on Black Health at Drexel University, or the National Congress of American Indians.
- Conducting diabetes or related research funded by the NIH, ADA, JDRF or similar funding organizations.
Associate membership
- Full-time academic members at or affiliated with WUSTL, the University of Missouri at Columbia, the Council on Black Health at Drexel University, or the National Congress of American Indians.
- New faculty (within first 5 years of first faculty appointment) who are developing new diabetes translation research programs and submitting for outside funding.
- Current recipients of pilot and feasibility awards.
- WU-CDTR members are expected to be regular, active participants in Center sponsored activities
- Comply with NIH Public Access policy when they have benefited from Center services
- Assist the Administrative Core with tracking of career trajectory and scientific outputs
- Full members are expected to review pilot and feasibility applications for projects that align with their expertise