UW-Madison Diabetes Day

Sharing ideas and building collaborations in research on diabetes and related diseases

POSTPONED – WATCH FOR INFORMATION ABOUT PLANS TO RESCHEDULE FOR THE FALL!!!!

2nd Annual UW-Madison Diabetes Day

 POSTPONED

8:30 am-4:00 pm

Health Sciences Learning Center, Atrium and Room 1325

REGISTER NOW! Be sure to submit your abstract for poster presentation when registering (all at the same link)!

ABSTRACT DEADLINE HAS PASSED – THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SUBMITTED ABSTRACTS!!

Schedule of Events

8:30-9:15 AM – Registration, Poster Set-up, and Breakfast – HSLC Atrium

9:15 AM – Welcome and Introduction – Dawn Davis, MD/PhD – Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Director of the UW-Madison Comprehensive Diabetes Center

9:30-9:45 AM – Clinical Spotlight Talk- Subarna Dhital, MD – Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, SMPH

    • Genetic Cases of Diabetes in Clinic

9:45 – 10:45 AM – Research Spotlight Talks – UW Madison faculty

  • 9:45-10:00 am Corrine Voils, PhD – Professor, Dept of Surgery, Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, SMPH
    • Weight loss maintenance: The holy grail of weight loss interventions
  • 10:00-10:15 am David Abbott, PhD – Professor, Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SMPH and Wisconsin National Primate Research Center
    • Emergence Of Increased Weight Gain Following Esr1 Knockdown In The Mediobasal Hypothalamus Of Adult Female Rhesus Monkeys
  • 10:15-10:30 am Barak Blum, PhD – Assistant Professor, Dept of Cell and Regenerative Biology, SMPH
    • Role of Robo receptors in islet morphogenesis and function
  • 10:30-10:45 am Lisa Abler, PhD – Assistant Scientist, Chad Vezina Laboratory, Dept of Comparative Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
    • What’s bugging you? Interrogating the links between type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, and urinary dysfunction

10:45 AM – Coffee Break, HSLC Atrium

11:00 AM Featured Talk as part of the UW-Madison Nutritional Sciences Seminar Series

“Expanding the definition of the incretin axis”, Jonathan Campbell, PhD – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Assistant Research Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, and Member of the Duke Molecular Physiology Institute at Duke University

  • Dr. Campbell’s research focuses on the control of glucose and energy metabolism by gut-derived peptides such as glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1). He also aims to understand how gut hormones regulate energy metabolism, particularly in the context of bariatric surgery.

Held jointly with the Nutritional Sciences Seminar Series – hosted by Department of Nutritional Sciences/Molecular and Applied Nutrition Training Program

12:00 – 1:30 PM – Poster session and lunch, HSLC Atrium

1:30 – 2:30 PM – Research Spotlight Talks – UW Madison faculty

  • 1:30 pm-1:45 pm Olayinka Shiyanbola, PhD – Associate Professor, Social and Administrative Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy
    • Partnering with Peers in the Community to Improve Diabetes Medication Adherence for African Americans
  • 1:45-2:00 pm Michelle Kimple, PhD – Associate Professor, Dept of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, SMPH
    • G-protein signaling switches controlling beta-cell compensation
  • 2:15-2:30 pm Brian Parks, PhD – Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
    • Targeting Agpat5 to improve hyperinsulinemia
  • 2:30-2:45 pm Caroline Alexander, PhD – Professor, Department of Oncology, Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center, SMPH
    • Skin as a metabolic regulator

2:30 PM – Coffee Break, HSLC Atrium

2:45 – 3:45 PM – Keynote Talk

  • UNFORTUNATELY, DR. RUDY LEIBEL, OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, HAD TO CANCEL DUE TO COVID-19-RELATED TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FROM HIS INSTITUTION

NEW KEYNOTE SPEAKER: 

Dr. Dudley Lamming, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism – SMPH

“The regulation of health and longevity by dietary macronutrients”

3:45 – 4:00 PM – Closing remarks and poster awards

For any questions, please contact us at diabetesdaycommittee@lists.wisc.edu

Diabetes Day is made possible thanks to generous support from the UW-Madison Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology; the UW-Madison Department of Nutritional Sciences; the Morgridge Institute for Research; the UW- Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Dean’s Office; and the UW-Madison Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR).

 

Diabetes Day Committee Co-Chair: Michelle Kimple, PhD

Diabetes Day Committee Co-Chair: Dudley Lamming, PhD

Diabetes Day Committee

Dawn Davis, MD, PhD