From November 20 – 23rd, Diabetes Action Canada will be taking part in the Diabetes Canada Professional Conference in Halifax. Our researchers, fellows and patient partners will be involved as speakers and attendees. This is an important opportunity to share our latest research updates and to network and engage with the diabetes community in Canada.
We are excited to share the following updates with our members:
Patient Engagement – Streamlined form and process to connect researchers with Patient Partners.
Community Hub – First-of-its-kind global database of diabetes support groups, organizations, charities and more.
DAC Members at DC Conference – A guide to our members in action below!
Throughout the conference, we’ll be sharing highlights from DAC-affiliated presentations and events, as well as updates from our first DAC breakfast on Thursday morning. Follow along on our LinkedIn and/or Instagram where we’ll be sharing posts regularly.
If you are attending, be sure not to miss out on content related to patient-oriented research. Check out the schedule for DAC speakers below.
Clinical Care and Educational Oral Abstract Presentations DC2439 – A1c versus Oral Glucose Tolerance Test for Chronic Glycemic Surveillance in Women with Previous Gestational Diabetes
Ravi Retnakaran
14 – 15:15 p.m.
DC2413 – Sustaining Beta Cell function in Diabetes: New developments in screening and treatment approaches
Scientific Oral Presentations (Basic) DC2420 – Unveiling Gaps in hESCβ-cell Function: Combining Single-cell Electrophysiology and scRNA-Seq
Jasmine Maghera
10 – 11:15 a.m.
DC2414 – Implementation and Knowledge Translation in Diabetes: From Research to Community to Lived Experience
Mary Jung Linxi Mytkolli Holly Witteman Matt Larsen Senaya Karunarathne Jeremy Storing Natalie Mangialardi Al Martin Cindy Lufuluabom Rosan Wesley Ryan Hooey
11:30 – 12:45 p.m.
DC2415 – Advancing Diabetes Treatment: The Future of GPCR-Targeted Therapies
Scientific Oral Presentations (Clinical) DC2421 – Preliminary analyses from a step count and weight track and target Feasibility Trial in Gestational Diabetes
Community-Based Tele-Retina Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy Supported by Provincial Healthcare Administrative Data Session: Community-Based Tele-Retina Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy Supported by Provincial Healthcare Administrative Data
Nature versus Nurture of glucose homeostasis trajectories in youth across different ancestries)
Kaossarath Fagbemi
Imputation across HLA/MHC alleles using multiple machine learning-based simulation methods shows high concordance with HLA/MHC typing in autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes
Erica Kleinbrink
Saturday, November 24, 2024
Time
Session
Speakers
7:15 – 8:15 a.m.
Cardiorenal Connection: Interdisciplinary Management and the Cardiorenal Connection
Stravroula Christopoulos Lisa DeMolitor Christopher Tan David Cherney Aakash Modi
DC2437 – Examining the Model of Care and Impact of the Indigenous Diabetes Health Circle on Indigenous Communities: A Case Study Using Ethnographic Approach
Roslynn Baird Autumn Watson
9:40 – 10:55 a.m.
DC2418 – Innovators and Emerging Leaders in Canadian Research
