Professional Section Quarterly - Spring 2012 - (Page 5)

Topic: Hyperglycemia and Hyperinsulinemia as Risk Factors for Development of Cardiovascular Disease in Diabetes Knut Borch-Johnsen, MD, PhD Postdoc Funding in the Future Jacqueline M. Stephens, PhD Major Lectures and Addresses Announced We cordially invite you to attend presentations by the Presidents of the American Diabetes Association: Geralyn R. Spollett, MSN, ANP-CS, CDE, will give the President, Health Care & Education Address, “Diabetes—Treating the Coming Tsunami,” on Saturday, June 9. Vivian Fonseca, MD, will give the President, Medicine & Science Address, “Hurricane Diabetes—The Road to Recovery,” on Sunday, June 10. The recipients of the Association’s highest scientific achievement awards will present lectures at this year’s meeting: Bruce M. Spiegelman, PhD, will present the Banting Lecture, “Transcriptional Control of Adipogenesis— Toward a New Generation of Therapeutics for Metabolic Disease,” on Sunday, June 10. David Altshuler, MD, PhD, will deliver the Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award Lecture, “Using Genetics to Explore the Biological Basis of Type 2 Diabetes in Human Populations,” on Monday, June 11. Supported by an educational grant from Lilly Diabetes Presenter: Topic: Presenter: Online Itinerary Planner Now Available The online Itinerary Planner is now available! View the entire program in a user-friendly format and create a personalized itinerary for the sessions you would like to attend in Philadelphia. Full text of the abstracts will be made available approximately two weeks before the meeting. Visit scientificsessions.diabetes.org for more information. Guided Audio Poster Tours The Scientific Sessions will again feature Guided Audio Poster Tours. Moderators will lead attendees on one-hour tours of select posters within a category, sharing their Robin Nwankwo, MPH, RD, CDE, will give the Outstanding Educator in Diabetes Award Lecture, “Defining Moments,” Saturday, June 9. Supported by an educational grant from Lilly Diabetes Knut Borch-Johnsen, MD, PhD, will present the Kelly West Award Lecture, “The Diabetes ‘Epidemic’—How We Epidemiologists Misled the World,” on Sunday, June 10. Supported by an educational grant from Merck Other key lectures and addresses: Benjamin A. Lipsky, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FRCP, will present the Roger Pecoraro Award Lecture, “Diabetic Foot Infections—Progress in a Pedestrian Problem,” on Saturday, June 9. Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Curative Health Services, ConvaTec, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, and Sechrist Clinical Services perspectives and highlighting novel or recent developments in Q&A sessions with poster presenters. The headphones icon will indicate the selected posters throughout the Poster Hall. A tour schedule will be available in the Final Program. Interactive Online Posters Navigate the virtual Poster Hall from anywhere in the world. The ePoster platform provides a convenient and valuable year-round tool that enables you to view fullscale electronic reproductions of Scientific Sessions posters. New This Year! Every poster will have a corresponding 2D barcode on its board. Scanning the barcode with a smartphone or camera-equipped tablet will allow you to access additional poster details, an electronic version of the poster, and audio commentary by presenters (if continued on page 6 Lawrence Fisher, PhD, ABPP, will give the Behavioral Medicine and Psychology Distinguished Contributions Award Lecture, “Diabetes Distress and Depression— Unexpected Lessons,” on Sunday, June 10. E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, will deliver the Norbert Freinkel Award Lecture, “Unraveling the Biomolecular Mechanisms of Diabetes-Induced Birth Defects,” on Sunday, June 10. Ronald M. Krauss, MD, will present the Edwin Bierman Award Lecture, “Dissecting Dietary Determinants of Atherogenic Dyslipidemia,” on Monday, June 11. Supported by an endowment from Merck Professional Section Quarterly 5 http://scientificsessions.diabetes.org

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