Ellen Leschek, M.D.
Responsibilities & Activities
My responsibilities also include membership on the NIH Interagency Coordinating Committee on Human Growth Hormone and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. In this capacity, I review all deaths occurring in members of the cohort treated with cadaverine hGH through the National Hormone Pituitary Program. I serve as a member of the NIDDK Clinical Studies Working Group and of the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases Clinical Working Group.
Research Programs
Clinical Research in Type 1 Diabetes
Determinants, etiology, progression, prevention, and treatment of type 1 diabetes in children and adults.
Diabetes, Endocrine, & Metabolic Disease Translational Research
Studies that translate scientific findings into practice to enhance human health of those with, or at risk for, metabolic disease.
Committees & Working Groups
- NIH Interagency Coordinating Committee on Human Growth Hormone and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Member
- NIDDK Clinical Studies Working Group, Member
Select Experience
Clinical Associate, Developmental Endocrinology Branch, NICHD, NIH, 1995-2003
Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship, Developmental Endocrinology Branch, NICHD, NIH, 1992-1995
Pediatric Residency, Medical Center of Delaware, 1988-1991
M.D., The George Washington University School of Medicine, 1988