Mission Statement

Our mission at the Kovler Diabetes Center is to provide holistic treatment, care and education that empower our patients to effectively manage their diabetes for a lifetime.

Agenda

Saturday, May 15, 2021


Keynote Presentation

9:00 - 9:45am CST
Food as Medicine for Diabetes
Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, PhD
General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Short Oral Presentations

9:45 - 10:00am CST
My Diabetes, My Community
Stacy Lindau, MD, MA & Elbert Huang, MD

 

10:00 - 10:15am CST
Duodenal Control of Pancreatic Immunity
Daria Esterhazy, PhD

  

10:15 - 10:30am CST
Dissecting Carbohydrate-Mediated Regulation of Gut-Brain Communication
Lisa R. Beutler, MD, PhD
Department of Medicine
Northwestern Medicine

10:30 - 10:45am CST
HDL and Beta-Cell Function
Daisy Sahoo, PhD
Medical College of Wisconsin

10:45 - 11:00am CST
A Sleep Intervention to Improve Glycemic Control and Reduce Diabetes
Distress in Working Adults with Type 1 Diabetes
Pamela Martyn-Nemeth,PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN
Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science
University of Illinois Chicago

11:15 - 11:30am CST
Adaptation and Integration of Telehealth Diabetes Discharge
Toolkit for the COVID-19 Era

Amisha Wallia, MD
Division of Medicine
Northwestern Medicine

11:30 - 11:45am CST
Building Self-Regulation Capacity in African American T2DM Women:
Feasibility of an Ecological Momentary Intervention
Cynthia Fritschi, PhD, RN, APRN,CDE
Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science
University of Illinois Chicago

11:45 - 12:00pm CST
EngAGE: Promoting Activity Among Frail Adults with Diabetes
Using Technology
Megan Huisingh-Scheetz, MD
Department of Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine

Keynote Presentation

12:00 - 12:45pm CST
From Monogenic/Atypical Diabetes to Precision Medicine for Diabetes:
An International Initiative
Louis Philipson, MD, PhD


If you need technical support please email:

diabetesdaysupport@meetingachievements.com

Technical Support Hours:

Saturday, May 15, 2021

8:30am - 12:45pm CST



Tuition is free for all. Poster sessions will resume in 2022.

*Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other Healthcare Professions Credit

Other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.