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JDRF launches diabetes psychology fellowship program
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JDRF announced the launch of a National Diabetes Psychology Fellowship Program to address the shortage of psychologists who can treat the specific needs of people with type 1 diabetes.
The program aims to fund eight psychology fellows over the next 2 years to complete training in the field of diabetes at top centers in the US, according to a press release.
“We want the brightest minds in medical research to be focused on type 1 diabetes, and this program will begin to help remedy the lack of psychologists in diabetes care,” Derek Rapp, president and CEO of JDRF, said in the release. “By training additional psychology professionals to address the needs of people facing type 1 diabetes, we intend to help reduce the significant daily burden of this disease for as many people as possible, while we continue our search for a cure.”
Fellow-hosting centers include Stanford University, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Oregon Health & Science University, University of Florida and Children’s National Medical Center.
Applications for fellows are being accepted until December 8, with awardees announced in January 2018. For more information visit jdrf.org.