Learn about the link between obesity and diabetes, current treatment options for type 2 diabetes and how genetics and personalized medicine will inform better treatments in the near future.
Speaker Panel:
Moderator: Timothy Kieffer, PhD
Group Leader and Professor, UBC LSI Diabetes Research Group
Depts of Cellular & Physiological Sciences and Surgery
Canadian Diabetes Association Scholar
Insulin – The good, the bad and the complicated: Jim Johnson, PhD
Associate Professor, UBC LSI Diabetes Research Group
Dept of Cellular & Physiological Sciences
Do these genes make me fat? Susanne Clee, PhD
Assistant Professor, UBC LSI Diabetes Research Group
Dept of Cellular & Physiological Sciences
New drugs in diabetes: Tom Elliott, MD
Medical Director, bcdiabetes.ca
Associate Professor of Medicine, UBC
Diabetes management – How do I do what my doctor asked me to do?: Gerri Klein, RN, MSN
Certified Diabetes Educator, bcdiabetes.ca
When: Wednesday, November 26, 2014, 6 – 8 PM
Where: Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level, Central Library, 350 West Georgia St.
RSVP at http://lsi.ubc.ca/2014/10/18/upcoming-talk-drugs-diet-and-genes-personal-approaches-to-treat-diabetes-and-obesity-november-26th
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