Hope on the Horizon for Diabetes
Hope on the Horizon for Diabetes
Monday November 15, 2021
Time 11:00-12:30 pm (Pacific Standard Time)
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin.
A panel of BC researchers and patients share transformative changes and treatments for diabetes.
Presented by Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention, UBCO and BC Diabetes Research Network, UBC
Panel of Researchers and Patient Advocates:
New frontiers in type 1 diabetes research and therapy: preserving and replacing insulin-producing beta cells
Dr. Bruce Verchere, Professor Departments of Surgery and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UBC Vancouver; Irving K Barber Chair in Diabetes Research
Childhood Diabetes Labs, BC Children’s Hospital
Director, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics
A fundraising strategist; communications professional; sister and daughter living with type 1 diabetes
Mrs. Sheila Kern – Patient Advocate and Diabetes Parent
Principal Consultant at Purposefully
former Executive Director of Diabetes Canada BC & Yukon Chapter
New research showing that remission of type 2 diabetes is achievable for some people
Dr. Jonathan Little, Associate Professor
School of Health and Exercise Sciences, UBC Okanagan
A clinical trial participant who experienced the positive impact that therapeutic nutrition can have on type 2 diabetes
Mr. JJ Belanger – Patient Advocate with type 2 Diabetes
This event is free and open to the public.
