Science School for Physicians

 Successful research built on interdisciplinary and
international cooperation

Dear ISPAD members and trainees,

It is our pleasure to inform you that the application for the 2025 ISPAD Science School for Physicians in Hannover, Germany is open!

These intensive days of research training combined with clinical experience will take place at the Children’s Hospital AUF DER BULT in Hannover, Germany with arrival planned for June 15^th (Sunday) and departure on the 19^th (Thursday), 2025.

We invite physicians from around the globe who are currently receiving pediatric endocrine/diabetes training or those at an early stage of career development in diabetes research to apply for this opportunity.

 Eligibility:

1. Being an active ISPAD member.
2. Being a physician (in training, fellow, pediatrician, endocrine/diabetes pediatrician) within 10 years of their degree.
3. Planning to pursue/continue a career in diabetes research.
4. Not having previously attended an ISPAD Science School for Physicians.
5. Not planning to participate in the Science school program with spouse/partner.

The 5-day program will consist of lectures on study design and methodology, statistical analysis, presentation of research findings and ethics in pediatric research. In addition, there will be plenary lectures by experts in key areas of basic, clinical, and translational diabetes research, including world-renowned faculty members from Germany, Europe and overseas. 

Participants will be expected to submit an interesting case report as well as a research project which they will present at the Science School. Constructive discussion and feedback will be provided by mentors and faculty.

The best research project presented will be awarded an ISPAD-Breakthrough T1D sponsored grant.

Deadline to apply: January 31^st, 2025. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance by early February 2025. The Science School will cover the 4 nights of lodging, meals, and travel.

To apply for attendance at the Science School, please complete the application form below. You will need to provide a letter of endorsement from your Head of Department, a research proposal (template) and a brief CV (maximum four pages). You cannot submit your application without attaching these files.

Should there be any questions regarding these requirements, please contact [email protected].

Looking forward to your applications!

Olga Kordonouri, Torben Biester and the Faculty

To apply for attendance at the Science School, please complete the application form below.

Invitation to apply for hosting ISPAD Science School for Physicians

Supporting researchers in clinical and basic science focusing on type 1 and type 2 diabetes affecting children and young people, is fundamentally important. ISPAD offers an annual research training course in this field for young physicians. This program is aimed at enhancing trainees’ performance of research in pediatric diabetes in order to advance care, find cures, and offer prevention for youth affected by diabetes worldwide. The course will enable attendees to enhance their knowledge in the principles of research methodology, including basic/laboratory and clinical/translational approaches used in diabetes-related research. Interaction with world leaders in the field and colleagues around the globe usually create lifelong collaboration.

These Science Schools for Physicians are held independently of the Annual Conferences and in different venues.

We would like to invite ISPAD members, who are interested in organizing the school in collaboration with ISPAD to submit their application.

Applications are closed for hosting the ISPAD Science School for Physicians 2025, stay in touch for 2026! 

• 23rd Science School for Healthcare Professionals (read the full report)  - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, September 22-27, 2024.
• 22nd ISPAD Science School for Physicians (read the full report) - April 16 to April 21, 2023, in Verbania, Villa San Remigio, Italy.
• 21st ISPAD Science School for Physicians (read the full report) - May 22 to May 26, 2022, in Prague (Czech Republic)
• 20th ISPAD Science School for Physicians (read the full report) - May 2 to May 6, 2021, virtual
• 19th ISPAD Science School for Physicians (read the full report) - September 8 to September 12, 2019, in Rotterdam (the Netherlands)
• 18th ISPAD Science School for Physicians (read the full report) - September 30 to October 3, 2018, in Kanagawa (Japan)
• 17th ISPAD Science School for Physicians (read the full report) - April 9 to April 14, 2017, in Cremona (Italy)
• 16th ISPAD Research School for Physicians (read the full report) - September 25 to September 30, 2016, in Oslo (Norway)
• 15th ISPAD Research School for Physicians (read the full report) - April 19 to April 24, 2015, in Milano (Italy) by Andrea Scaramuzza
• 14th ISPAD Research School for Physicians (read the full report) - April 6 to April 11, 2014, in Boston (Massachusetts, USA) by Lori Laffel
• 13th ISPAD Science School for Physicians (read the full report) - July 22 to July 26, 2013,in Sydney (Australia) by Maria Craig
• 12th ISPAD Science School for Physicians

November 15 to November 21, 2012, in Lodz (Poland) (read the full report) by Wojciech Mlynarski

August 31 to September 4, 2012, Kyoto (Japan) (read the full report) by Tatsuhiko Urakami

  ISPAD Science School for Physicians (read the full report)

This School was supposed to take place in Japan in 2011, but was postponed due to the earthquake.

• 11th ISPAD Science School for Physicians (read the full report) - September 2010, in St. Louis (USA) by Neil White
• 10th ISPAD Science School for Physicians (read the full report) - November 15 to November 20, 2009, in Cambridge (UK) by Carlo Acerini
• 9th ISPAD Science School for Physicians (read the full report) - 2008, in Denver (USA) by Georgeanna Klingensmith
• 8th ISPAD Science School for Physicians - 2007, Glostrup (Denmark) by Henrik Mortensen
• 7th ISPAD Science School for Physicians - 2006, Tours (France) by Claire Levy-Marchal
• 6th ISPAD Science School for Physicians - 2005, Boston (USA) by Joseph Wolfsdorf
• 5th ISPAD Science School for Physicians - 2004, Turku (Finland) by Olli Simell
• 4th ISPAD Science School for Physicians - 2003, St Andrews (Scotland) by Stephen Green
• 3rd ISPAD Science School for Physicians - 2002, Toronto (Canada) by Denis Daneman
• 2nd ISPAD Science School for Physicians - 2001, Lisbon (Portugal) by Catarina Limbert and Thomas Danne
• 1st ISPAD Science School for Physicians - 2000, Berlin (Germany) by Thomas Danne

Find out what some of our past participants have to say about their experience after attending the ISPAD Science School for Physicians!

• Testimonial from Sanja Panic (Belgrade), participant at the ISPAD Science School for Physicians in Prague in 2022.

"Everything is fine except the ISS is over, but we must live with that! Once again, I want to thank you all guys but especially you and Lenka for the great hospitality and very pleasant atmosphere to work in. ISS was a centre of all good human characteristics, and I am so honored that I was part of it. Hope we will all meet as faculty one day on ISS as you all did.  I am so happy that Yempabou Sagna won the prize. It will be very helpful to his patients as well as the whole country and especially to the diabetes community. Congratulations and all the best in future work! If we can somehow help, we are here.I would like to take this opportunity to thank all ISPP faculty for picking my case report for ISPAD E-learning and to congratulate Meghan and Francesco as well but also to all guys who presented,all cases were amazing. It is a great honor and pleasure for me and for my whole team.”

• Testimonial from Maja Raicevic (Delegate from Montenegro), for the ISPAD Science School for Physicians in Prague in 2022.

"They say that ISPAD Science School for Physicians is a life changing moment. I would say that attending the ISPAD Science School for Physicians 2022 in Prague was definitely the most encouraging, mind changing moment of my life. The experts in the field of pediatric diabetes all around the world have shared their experience with us and helped us to gain priceless knowledge as well as to make a quality baseline for our research careers. 
The best part of this School was meeting young colleagues working worldwide, realizing the opportunities and trammels they are challenging, and networking with them. As a result we have plans for few multicentered studies.
At the end, as a former student in the ISPAD Science School for Physicians I would sincerely recommend it to all young people to improve their clinical and research skills in the field of pediatric diabetes, because I am certain that they will greatly benefit from participating.”

• Testimonial from Rade Vukovic (MD, PhD, Serbia) who attended the ISPAD Science School for Physicians in Rotterdam in 2019.

"Attending the ISPAD Science School for Physicians 2019 in Rotterdam, was an amazing experience. We learned a lot from world renowned experts, greatly improving our research knowledge as well as clinical skills in the field of pediatric diabetes

Most importantly, new friendships were formed from around the world and we still keep in touch today, solving difficult clinical cases together on our WhatsApp group.

We have continued to collaborate within the JENIOUS group and have published multi-centered research papers together. Also, as a direct result of attending the ISPAD SSP, I was invited to give lectures at international meetings, co-authored two papers published in the Pediatric Diabetes journal and became an ISPAD Science School mentor in 2021!"
 

• Testimonial from Claudia Piona (MD, PhD Student, Italy) who attended the ISPAD Science School for Physicians in Tokyo in 2018.​​​​​​​

"Attending the ISPAD Science School for Physicians 2018 in Tokyo was an incredibly valuable opportunity to improve my research and clinical skills in the field of Diabetes, to have interesting interactions with excellent experts and to make new friendships with other young colleagues!

After the ISPAD Science School for Physicians I started a very fruitful collaboration with the members of JENIOUS group.

I can honestly say that the school was a key turning point in my career allowing me to be more and more involved in ISPAD activities and to become a JENIOUS leader."