The Endocrine Society offers Research Experiences to support promising medical and graduate students who have demonstrated commitment to endocrine research and expressed interest in enhancing their professional development skills. The Research Experiences for Graduate and Medical Students (REGMS) program, formerly the Summer Research Fellowship program, includes a comprehensive series of activities that span beyond the summer and include involvement in a variety of engaging programs for endocrine science trainees.
If you are planning, or even considering, a career in endocrine research, become a part of the REGMS program specifically designed to support opportunities for students to participate in collaborative research in global laboratories, receive expert advice from dedicated mentors, build professional networks by connecting with peers and other professionals in the field, and acquire skills that will help advance their academic and professional careers.
The 2026 application period opens in October 2025.
All REGMS awardees will participate in an 8-10-week summer research project in a lab under the guidance of an Endocrine Society member. Students will receive a $2,500 honorarium to help supplement costs incurred during the summer research period. This award can be used to supplement living costs associated with an upcoming summer research project and includes the option of traveling to a different lab to learn new techniques.
The REGMS program requires participation in an 8-week summer webinar series, typically Mondays at 12:00 PM ET in July and August 2025.
In addition to an invaluable lab experience and career development webinar series, awardees will participate in:
Student applicants must meet the following requirements at the time of application:
Mentors must meet the following requirements at the time of application:
Please see Application Requirements page for a full list of requirements.
For questions contact pd@endocrine.org.
I dearly enjoyed REGMS last summer - much of what I learned has impacted me both in and out of research. It has made me think seriously on Endocrinology as a career goal, now going into my third year of medical school.”
Juliana Barreto Martinez
Mentor: Dr. Abir Mukherjee, PhD
Rebecca Gin
Mentor: Dr. Kellie Breen Church, PhD
Sara Halili
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Arnold, MD
Mirrah Hasan Bashir
Mentor: Dr. Daniel Frigo, PhD
Megan Hennessy
Mentor: Dr. Nicola Partridge, BSC, PhD
Jayatree Majumdar
Mentor: Dr. Mainak Banerjee, MD, DM, FRCP
Alexandra Marenco
Mentor: Dr. Anne Cappola, MD, ScM
John McNeil
Mentor: Dr. Alice Chang, MD
Christy Nguyen
Mentor: Dr. Marcus Seldin, PhD
Sara Osorio-Valencia
Mentor: Dr. Jose Cordoba-Chacon, PhD
Dhanya Pradeep `
Mentor: Dr. Erik Nelson, BSc, PhD
Linlan Qiao
Mentor: Dr. Kristy Brown, PhD
Preethi Veeragandham
Mentor: Dr. Christos Mantzoros, MD, DSC
Kiara Wiggins
Mentor: Dr. Dequina Nicholas, PhD
Allison Lehman, BA, BSN
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Diana Ximena Yrigoyen Rosas, BS
University of Illinois
Maia Jakubowski, BS
University of Connecticut
Jack Klahr, BS
Medical College of Wisconsin
Dominique Cope, BA
Baylor College of Medicine
Vitoria Simas, MS
Indiana University School of Medicine
Jotinder Waraich, Btech
University of Calgary
Audrey Isaak, B.S.A
Baylor College of Medicine
Iztiba M. Deeba, MS
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Zezhou Zhao, MS
Harvard Medical School
Fabiola Lujan, BS
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Sikiru Imodoye, BMLS, MS
University of Utah
John Kincaid, MS, MPhil
Harvard Medical School
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Development of accurate diagnostic and prognostic blood tests for NAFLD/NASH in type II diabetics
Mentor: Dr. Christos Mantzoros
University of California San Diego
Neural Mechanisms Mediating the Inhibition of Reproductive Function During Metabolic Stress
Mentor: Dr. Kellie Breen Church
University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center
Modulation of intracellular lipid access by ATGL determines ferroptosis sensitivity in prostate cancer
Mentor: Dr. Daniel Frigo
University of Calif Irvine
Determining the role of pituitary immune cells in gonadotrope hormone secretion
Mentor: Dr. Dequina Nicholas
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Insulin Receptor Signaling and Racial Disparities in Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Mentor: Dr. Emily Gallagher
University of Illinois Chicago
Does restoration of BHMT levels in hepatocytes of mice with NASH will reduce Hcy, improve methionine metabolism, and enhance the therapeutic effects of TZD on NASH?
Mentor: Jose Cordoba-Chacon
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Correlating Exposure to Neighborhood Violence with PRMT6 and Glucocorticoid Receptor Binding to Chromatin in Black Male Lung Cancer Patients
Mentor: Dr. Zeynep Madak-Erdogan
University of British Columbia
Effects of Maternal Sucrose Consumption During Pregnancy on Steroids in the Placenta and Fetal Brain of Rats
Mentor: Dr. Kiran K. Soma
University of Colorado- Anschutz Medical Campus
Immunesuppressive factors associated with androgen receptor expression in breast cancer
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Richer
University of CA - Irvine
Neurobiological and Cognitive Correlates in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Mentor: Dr. Mimi Kim
University of New England
Determination of bone quality following weight loss in obese preclinical models
Mentor: Dr. Cliff Rosen
Examining the Metabolic Effects of Lactation in Women with Diabetes Risk Factors
Mentor: Dr. Camille E. Powe
Mentor: Dr. Kaitlin Basham
University of Minnesota
Estrogen receptor-driven breast tumorigenesis in invasive lobular carcinoma
Mentor: Dr. Julie Ostrander
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associations between oxytocin and arginine-vasopressin levels and food reward and cognitive control neural circuits in female and male adults with obesity
Mentor: Dr. Franziska Plessow
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Training Status: Medical Student
Research: Interactions between Anti-Estrogens and Radiation Therapy Sensitivity in Invasive Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast
Mentor: Matthew Sikora, PhD
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Stephanie Chinwo
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Training Status: Graduate Student
Research: Molecular Analysis of AMBRA1 as a Candidate Tumor Suppressor in Sporadic Parathyroid Adenomas
Mentor: Andrew Arnold, MD
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Nicholas Christakis
Louisiana State University
Training Status: Medical Student
Research: Racial Disparity in Glycemic Outcome During Real World Use of an Advanced Hybrid Closed Loop System (AHCL) Among Youth with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)
Mentor: Stuart Chalew, MD
Louisiana State University
Wenyuan He
University of Toronto
Training Status: Graduate Student
Research: Discovering novel microRNAs that regulate insulin sensitivity in hypothalamic neurons
Mentor: Denise D. Belsham, PhD
University of Toronto
Loyola University
Training Status: Medical Student
Research: Identify the role of PER3 in trophoblast function in regard to pre-eclampsia
Mentor: Hanne Hoffman
Loyola University
University of California - San Diego
Training Status: Graduate Student
Research: Investigating potential protective effects of cohousing on metabolic dysregulation with hyperandrogenism mouse model
Mentor: Varykina Thackray, PhD
University of California - San Diego
Colorado State University
Training Status: Graduate Student
Research: Maternal stress and hypothalamic development
Mentor: Stuart Tobet, MS,PhD
Colorado State University
Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center
Training Status: Medical Student
Research: The effects of kinase inhibitors on TAp63α induced oocyte apoptosis
Mentor: Kim So-Youn, PhD
Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Training Status: Graduate Student
Research: Geospatial Analysis to Quantify Spatial Heterogeneity of Liver Metastatic Tumors
Mentor: Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, PhD
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Case Western Reserve University
Training Status: Graduate Student/PhD Student
Research: Enhancing CDK4/6 inhibitor efficacy by targeting the G2/M cell cycle in tamoxifen-resistant luminal A breast cancer cells
Mentor: Ruth Keri, PhD
Case Western Reserve University
University of Colorado Anschutz
Training Status: Graduate Student/PhD Student
Research: Determining how MSI2 regulates steroid hormone metabolism to promote aldosterone production
Mentor: Neelanjan Mukherjee, PhD
University of Colorado Anschutz
University of Illinois
Training Status: Graduate Student/PhD Student
Research: Impact of Macrophage ABCA1 on T cell expansion and Anti-Breast Cancer Activity
Mentor: Erik Nelson, BSc,PhD
University of Illinois
Northwestern University
Training Status: Medical Student
Research: Factors Influencing the Diagnosis and Treatment of PCOS in Adolescents
Mentor: Laura Torchen, MD
Northwestern University
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Research: Coronary Artery Calcium Score in Cohort of Transgender Individuals Undergoing Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy In Phoenix, Arizona
Mentor: Dr. Ricardo Rafael Correa, MD, EdD, FACP, FACE, FAPCR, FACMQ
Harvard Medical School
Research:Sex Differences in the Neurobiology of Obesity
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Austen Lawson, MD, MMSc
Pratyusa Das, MS
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Training Status: Graduate Student/PhD Student
Research: Role of FOXO1 in glucocorticoid-induced somatotrope maturation
Mentor: Buffy Ellsworth, PhD
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Training Status: Graduate Student/PhD Student
Research: Loss of Leptin Receptors on Gonadotropes: Calcium Imaging
Mentor: Angela Odle, PhD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
University of Illinois
Training Status: Graduate Student/PhD Student
Research: Role of IQGAP1 in BA-mediated liver proliferation
Mentor: Sayeepriyadarshini Anakk, PhD
University of Illinois
Rutgers/The State University OF NJ
Training Status: Graduate Student/PhD Student
Research: Metabolic and Reproductive Characterization of ARC Kiss1 Knockout Mice
Mentor: Sally Radovick, MD
Rutgers/The State University OF NJ
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Training Status: Medical Student
Research: Elucidate the contribution of Glp-1r to glucose homeostasis and beta-cell mass preservation and proliferation
Mentor: Dawn Davis, MD,PhD
University of Wisconsin - Madison
University of Northern British Columbia
Training Status: Graduate Student/PhD Student
Research: Functional consequence of PACAP deficiency on gene expression in stellate ganglia of mice
Mentor: Sarah Gray, PhD
University of Northern British Columbia
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Training Status: Graduate Student/PhD Student
Research: A physiological understanding of the Rnf20/40 complex in ß-cell function
Mentor: Chad Hunter, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Michigan
Training Status: Medical Student
Research: Characterization of a Novel Mutation in the CLCN2 Gene Leading to Primary Aldosteronism
Mentor: William Rainey, MS PhD
University of Michigan
For medical and graduate students with a keen career interest in endocrine research, the Research Experiences for Graduate and Medical Students (REGMS) summer program has proven to be a worthy benefit — offering invaluable lab experiences, networking connections, and mentorships that last well beyond the summer months. Endocrine News caught up with one of the 14 REGMS awardees in 2021, Ashley Herdman, to learn more about her experiences.
