Meet the Director: Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/article/meet-the-director-griffin-p-rodgers-m.d-national-institute-of-diabetes-and-digestive-and-kidney-diseases How does an expert on blood diseases become the head of a “diabetes institute”? That’s a question Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., Director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), hears a lot. Since 2007, he has led NIDDK’s staff of nearly 600 people. He also made his own monumental contributions to sickle cell disease research. NIH MedlinePlus Magazine asked Dr. Rodgers about entering medicine and addressing health disparities, and he told us what advice he would give young researchers starting in the field today.