Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center
August 29, 2008

Annual Seminars

On May 16, 2007 The Vanderbilt Diabetes Center presented its annual Diabetes Day. The VDRTC Diabetes Day gathers VDRTC-affiliated investigators at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center. After a box lunch, attendees heard presentations by four VDRTC-affiliated investigators, participated in a poster session from VDRTC-affiliated laboratories, and attended a seminar by Richard Bergman from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. Read the story about the 2007 Diabetes Day at the Vanderbilt Reporter website.

This year's Diabetes Day symposium will highlight VDRTC-affiliated research through presentations by Vanderbilt investigators: David Wasserman, Mark Magnuson, Alp Ikizler and Bettina Beech; a poster session of research from VDRTC-affiliated laboratories; and a presentation by George Eisenbarth, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Director of the Barbara Davis Center; Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine & Immunology; Program Deputy Director, The Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center, University of Colorado.

Diabetes Day 2008 REGISTRATION for attendance and the poster session IS OPEN; ending on Wednesday, May 16, 2008 @ http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/diabetes/dd/register.htm.

On November 2, 2006, The Vanderbilt Diabetes Center presented the Irwin B. Eskind, M.D. Diabetes Research Symposium. This symposium honored Dr. Eskind and was entitled "Preventing Diabetic Complications in the 21st Century."

The Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center is supported by NIH grant DK20593.
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