Yashoda Naik, MD, Awarded 2018 NASPAG Fellows Research Grant

Yashoda Naik, MD
Yashoda Naik, MD

Congratulations to Endocrinology & Diabetes Postdoctoral Fellow Yashoda (Mita) Naik, MD, who was recently awarded a $1,000 Fellows Research Grant from the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG). Her one-year pilot grant entitled, “Effect of sex hormones on ectopic fat deposition in overweight/obese pubertal children,” under the mentorship of Jennifer Rehm, MD, will inform the longitudinal study of the effects of sex hormones on differential adipose tissue distribution in children undergoing hormonal manipulation.