in DIABETES and ENDOCRINOLOGY
The SRTP offers a lecture series featuring notable speakers.
Location will be at 8455 MRB IV unless otherwise noted.
DIRECTIONS TO 8455 MRB IV: Use the elevators in Light Hall to reach the eight floor; then enter MRB IV through the double doors leading to the newly constructed Vanderbilt Diabetes Center conference room, 8455 MRB IV, atop the Langford Auditorium, http://www.vanderbilt.edu/map/map.cgi?mode=4&zoom=4&panx=0&pany=0&bldg=langford.html
Please see the schedule below for information on this summer's program:
| Day | Date | Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | 6/3/08 | 8:30 - 9:30 am | Alvin C. Powers, MD | Introduction to Diabetes |
| Thursday | 6/5/08 | 8:30 - 9:30 am | Owen McGuinness, Ph.D. | Control of Glucose Tolerance |
| Tuesday | 6/10/08 | 8:30 - 9:30 am | Bill Russell, MD | Discovery and Evolution of Insulin Therapy |
| Thursday | 6/12/08 | 8:30 - 9:30 am | James May, MD | Lipid Disorders in Diabetes NOTE: MOVED TO ROOM 7455 MRB IV |
| Tuesday | 6/17/08 | 8:30 - 9:30 am | David Wasserman, Ph.D. | Exercise & Diabetes |
| Thursday | 6/19/08 | 8:30 - 9:30 am | Alvin C. Powers, MD | Pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes |
| Tuesday | 6/24/08 | 8:30 - 9:30 am | Kevin Niswender, MD, Ph.D. | Obesity |
| Thursday | 6/26/08 | 8:30 - 9:30 am | Amanda Peltier, MD | Diabetic Neuropathy |
| Tuesday | 7/1/08 | 8:30 - 9:30 am | Jeffrey Boord, MD | Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease |
| Thursday | 7/3/08 | 8:30 - 9:30 am | Tom Elasy, MD | Screening for Type 2 Diabetes |
| Tuesday | 7/8/08 | 8:30 - 9:30 am | TBA | TBA |
| Thursday | 7/10/08 | 8:30 - 9:30 am | John Penn, Ph.D. | Diabetic Retinopathy |
| Tuesday | 7/15/08 | 8:30 - 9:30 am | Julia Lewis, MD | Diabetic Nephropathy |
| Thursday | 7/17/08 | 8:30 - 9:30 am | Russell Rothman, MD | Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents |
| Tuesday | 7/22/08 | 8:30 - 9:30 am | Amy Potter, MD | Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes |
| Thursday | 7/24/08 | 8:30 - 9:30 am | Steve Davis, MD | Hypoglycemia and Diabetes |
| Tuesday | 7/29/08 | 8:30 - 9:30 am | Jami Miller, MD | Skin Manifestations of Diabetes |
The Medical Student Summer Research Training Program is supported by the Vanderbilt Short Term Research Training Program for Medical Students (NIH grant DK007383) and the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (NIH grant DK20593).