Upcoming Events

May 17, 2008 – 3rd Annual Chicago Diabetes Day

The list of speakers and tentative titles are:

George Eisenbarth (Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes)- Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes

Nancy Cox (The University of Chicago) - Genetics of Diabetic Complications

Joseph Bass (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and ENHRI) - Circadian Rhythms and Glucose Tolerance

Marshall Chin (The University of Chicago) - Diabetes Prevention Through Education

 

Past Events

2nd Annual Chicago Diabetes Day

The 2nd Annual Chicago Diabetes Day was held last May 12, 2007 with the following highlights:

2007 Donald F. Steiner Awardee: 

Daniel J. Drucker, M.D.

Director, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre

University of Toronto

The Donald F. Steiner Award for Outstanding Achievement in Diabetes Research was established in 2006 to honor an investigator carrying out research in the field of diabetes. It includes an engraved crystal paperweight and $5,000. The award is named for Donald F. Steiner, M.D., the A.N. Pritzker Distinguished Service Professor, The University of Chicago, a pioneering diabetes investigator and discoverer of proinsulin. This discovery provided new insight into the production of insulin as well as other hormones and neuropeptides and also established a route for the production of human insulin for treating patients with diabetes. This is an international award and the awardee is selected by a committee chaired by Dr. Louis H. Philipson and including Professor Steiner.

2007 Top Four Posters:

  • Automated Insulin Infusion and Blood Glucose Regulation by an Adaptive Control Strategy Using Patient's CGMS Data: Meriyan Eren, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
  • Evolution and population genetics of uncoupling proteins: candidate genes for obesity and T2D risk:
  • Angela Hancock, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • The Cdx4 transcription factor has multiple roles in islet development: Mary Kinkel, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • Calreticulin and Hsp90 Stabilize and Promote Mobility of Insulin Receptor in the ER: Joy Ramos, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL