1st Annual
Cray Symposium on Diabetes:
Moving Science to the Bedside
September 24, 2011
• KU Memorial Union, Big 12 Room • Lawrence, Kansas
Course Director
David Robbins, MD, Professor of Medicine; Director, KU Diabetes Institute & Cray Diabetes Self- Management Center, KUMC
Featured Speakers
Clifton Bogardus III, MD, Director, Phoenix Epidemiology & Clinical Research Branch, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health—Studies of the Etiology of Obesity and Diabetes in Pima Indians
Kevan Herold, MD, Professor of Immunobiology & Medicine, Yale University—Immunotherapies for Type 1 Diabetes
Jill Weissberg-Benchell, PhD, Pediatric psychologist, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry; Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Growing Up and Moving On: Transitioning from Pediatric to Adult Diabetes Care
Workshop Leaders
Mark A. Clements, MD, PhD, Endocrinologist; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri- Kansas City School of Medicine—Inflammation and Obesity
Richard Hellman, MD, Endocrinologist; Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (UMKC); Past President, AACE—In-Hospital Care for the Diabetic Patient
Kurt Midyett, MD, Assistant Professor & Chair, Pediatric Endocrinology, KUMC—Adolescent Diabetes Transition
Nikki Nolen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine & Public Health, KUMC—Motivational Interviewing
David Robbins, MD, Professor of Medicine; Director, KU Diabetes Institute & Cray Diabetes Self-Management Center, KUMC—Pattern Management
Target Audience
This conference is designed for researchers and primary care clinicians.
Brochure to follow.