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I know I'm only a kid but I want to study diabetes when I go to college. What would you call that??

I'm 11. My dad is diabetic. I really want to study diabetes when i go to college. what would you call that? HELP!!

You'd have to become a doctor and then specialize in endocrinology. Most specialists who deal with diabetes are endos.

What is an endocrinologist?
An endocrinologist is a specially trained doctor. Endocrinologists diagnose diseases that affect your glands. They know how to treat conditions that are often complex and involve many systems within your body. Your primary care doctor refers you to an endocrinologist when you have a problem with your endocrine system.

What do endocrinologists do?
Endocrinologists are trained to diagnose and treat hormone imbalances and problems by helping to restore the normal balance of hormones in your system. They take care of many conditions including:

diabetes
thyroid diseases
metabolic disorders
over or under production of hormones
menopause
osteoporosis
hypertension
cholesterol (lipid) disorders
infertility
lack of growth (short stature)
cancers of the endocrine glands
Endocrinologists also conduct basic research to learn the way glands work, and clinical research to learn the best methods to treat patients with a hormone imbalance. Through research, endocrinologists develop new drugs and treatments for hormone problems.

What type of medical training do endocrinologists receive?
Endocrinologists finish four years of medical school and then spend three or four years in an internship and residency program. These specialty programs cover internal medicine, pediatrics, or obstetrics and gynecology. They spend two or three more years learning how to diagnose and treat hormone conditions. Overall, an endocrinologist's training will take more than 10 years.

What are the most common endocrine diseases and disorders?
Diseases and disorders of the endocrine system can be grouped into several different areas. Some endocrinologists focus on one or two endocrine system diseases, such as diabetes, pediatric disorders, thyroid, or reproductive and menstrual disorders. Others work in all areas of endocrinology. The major areas of endocrinology are described below.

Diabetes
Patients with diabetes have too much sugar in their blood. Recent studies have found that controlling blood sugar helps prevent serious problems that can be caused by diabetes. These can include problems with the eyes, kidneys and nerves, which can lead to blindness, dialysis, or amputation. Endocrinologists treat diabetes with diet and medications, including insulin. They also work closely with patients to control blood sugar and monitor them so they can prevent health problems.

good luck my friend

Well, you could go into medical research...or your study medicine and go into one of the specialties that work solely with diabetes.

I think you are a very smart and awesome kid to know already that you want to study this. Best of luck, my dear!

Well 11 yr old, you would need to work on getting a Medical Degree.
College - pre-med =4 years.
Med school = 4 years
Then you have residency, internship and so on.
By your early 30's you should be able to start working on your desired career.

You'd have to start with a general medical or health course, then start to specialize... maybe narrow down to diseases.. etc. if you wanted to study ONLY diabetes, you'd likely have to be working on your PHD

maybe a endocrinologist or a diabetiologist.

Endocrinology.

First: Minimum age for this site is 13.
Second: Research scientist is maybe what you mean.

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