The Diabetes Virtual Winter Camp is a 4-week virtual research internship program that invites high school, college, graduate, and professional students from around the world interested in learning about biomedical research and academic medicine with a focus on diabetes research, education, and care. The program consists of 14 Zoom sessions that highlight current topics on diabetes research and treatment as well as an academic career path in medicine and science. There are three 1-hour sessions on introduction to diabetes, the causal relationship between obesity and type 2 diabetes, and preparing for medical school & graduate school. There are ten 30-min sessions that consist of a 25-minute presentation followed by a 5-minute Q&A section. The sessions are led by 11 renowned diabetes scientists and clinicians from reputable universities across the country. This virtual program is intended for high school, college, graduate, and professional students from all across the world interested in pursuing science and medicine as a career path. This program is free to all registered attendees with a suggested donation, and your generous contributions will be donated to the American Diabetes Association to support diabetes research, education, and care. All registered attendees must participate in the entire 4-week program and will receive a certificate upon completing this virtual internship program.

Date: Jan. 23 ~ Feb. 13, 2021

Sessions: Saturdays and Sundays at 11 am ~ 12 pm
(except Jan. 30th sessions at 11 am ~ 12:30 pm and Feb. 13th sessions at 11 am ~ 1 pm)
All session times are Eastern Time (Boston time in the U.S.).

Registration is free with a suggested donation, and registration will close on Jan. 22, 2021.

Following successful Diabetes Virtual Summer Camp and Fall Camp, gathering 537 students representing 111 colleges, 44 states in the U.S. (and Puerto Rico), 10 countries, and including 213 students of underrepresented minorities in medicine, we are continuing with the Diabetes Virtual Winter Camp, sponsored by the American Diabetes Association.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect our daily lives with the vaccine rollout providing a glimpse of hope, virtual experiential learning plays an important role in educating our next generation of physicians and scientists. Diabetes affects more than 34 million Americans and more than 500 million people around the globe, and the current pandemic has taught us that diabetes is a major underlying disease that increases the risk of COVID-19 related complications and death. The urgency to find a cure for diabetes has never been greater.

The Diabetes Virtual Winter Camp is intended to offer valuable insights into current diabetes research and treatment and invites high school, college, graduate, and professional students from around the world interested in pursuing a career path in medicine and science. Our Experts are leading diabetes researchers and clinicians from 10 reputable universities across the U.S., and they will share their perspectives on exciting research programs and paradigms, clinical care and therapeutics, and the winding path to a rewarding academic career in medicine and science. There will be additional presentations on the basics of diabetes and investigative research, and preparing for medical and graduate school. Our mission is to provide a virtual experiential learning program for high school, college, graduate, and professional students from all across the world to stimulate their passion for science, research, and medicine.

The COVID-19 pandemic has far-reaching consequences, including the economic impact that will likely fracture our nation’s ability to fund important scientific and medical research. This will also affect the training of our future scientists and physicians, and our scientific knowledge will fall further behind, jeopardizing our well-being in future outbreaks. To that end, our shared mission is to raise valuable funds, and your generous contributions will be donated to the American Diabetes Association to support diabetes research, education, and care.