
Dorothy Becker
Professor of Pediatrics and Division Chief Emeritus · Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Credentials: · ·
History
- Present
Pediatrics and Division Chief Emeritus · Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
- Present
- 1973–1974
Grote Schuur Hospital (Cape Town
- 1970–1972
- 1968–1969
- 1966–1967
University of Witwatersrand Department of Medicine
- 1965–1966
- 1964–1965
Baragwanath Hospital
Research
Rituximab, B-lymphocyte depletion, and preservation of beta-cell function
New England Journal of Medicine · 2009 · 862 citations
Can clinical factors estimate insulin resistance in type 1 diabetes?
Diabetes · 2000 · 511 citations
The Lancet · 2011 · 495 citations

96 papers
- AD
82 papers
- LK
48 papers

30 papers · 7 as a resident
- DE
23 papers

17 papers
- CG
15 papers
- MP
15 papers
Grants
- 2001–2020
Prediction and Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes (TrialNet)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · U01
Contact PI · $6.5M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
- 2001–2017
Trial to Reduce IDDM in the Genetically at Risk: A Nutritional Primary Prevention
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · U01
Contact PI · $24.4M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
- 1995–2015
Research Training in Pediatric Endocrinology
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · T32
Contact PI · $1.3M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
- 1978–2015
Juvenile Diabetes Mellitus: Epidemiology and Etiology
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $8.5M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
Clinical trials
- 2004–2030



