Diabetes Dateline
Spring/Summer 2009
Germino Appointed NIDDK Deputy Director
 National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
(NIDDK) Director Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., M.A.C.P., announced the
appointment of Gregory G. Germino, M.D., as the NIDDK’s deputy
director. Germino came to the NIDDK from The Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine, where he held dual appointments in the Division of Nephrology
and the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics.
In addition to his world-class scientific expertise
and perspective as a National Institutes of
Health (NIH) grantee, Germino’s management
experience, commitment to mentoring the next
generation of researchers, and work with professional
and patient advocacy organizations makes
him especially well suited to help the NIDDK
advance research on many of the most serious
health issues affecting the public.
Germino identified PKD1, the primary gene
involved in autosomal dominant polycystic
kidney disease. He also developed novel methods
for detecting altered genes and for characterizing
the PKD1 protein and its role in cell signaling
pathways and cell-cycle regulation.
After graduating summa cum laude in biology
from Loyola University of Chicago, Germino
earned his medical degree from the Pritzker
School of Medicine at the University of Chicago.
He served his internship and residency in internal
medicine and completed a clinical fellowship
in nephrology at Yale University before spending
a research year at Oxford University in England.
Germino has been an NIH grantee since 1994.
He has written more than 70 peer-reviewed
publications and has authored more than a dozen
book chapters. He has been a visiting professor
and invited lecturer across the United States and
around the world.
NIH Publication No. 09–4562
August 2009
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