DAC @ DC Conference
Posted date: November 18, 2024 |
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.
- Knowledge Mobilization – Renewed 1:1 KM consultation process and DAC specific tools.
- New Digital Health Research Connect – DAC/CPCSSN initiative linking 1,500 primary care providers and 2 million patients.
- 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.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Time | Session | Speakers |
1:30 – 4:30 p.m. | DC 2411 – Knowledge Mobilization with DAC | Monika Kastner Julie Makarski |
1 p.m. – 7 p.m. | Trainee Event with MyRoad | Linxi Mytkolli |
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Time | Session | Speakers |
9 a.m. – 10 a.m. | DC/CSEM01 – Dr. Harold Copp Lecture: Advances in Islet & Stem Cell Transplant: Celebrating 25 Years of the Edmonton Protocol | Timothy Keiffer Peter Senior Breay Paty |
11:15 – 12:30 p.m. | DC2412 – Exploring Cardiovascular, Renal, and Metabolic management in Diabetes Care | Julie Loveshin Kristin Clemens Abhinav Sharma Sonia Butalia |
12:45 – 13:45 p.m. | AS2402 – Enhancing Uptake and Use of Glucose Sensing Technology | James Kim Elizabeth Rosolowsky Michelle Stewart Jean-Francois Yale |
14 – 15:15 p.m. | 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 | Diane Wherrett, Ravi Retnakaran, Alanna Weisman |
Friday, November 22, 2024
Time | Session | Speakers |
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. | CPG Updates | James Kim Baiju Shah Jeremy Gilbert Sonia Butalia Zaina Albalawi Sheldon Tobe Harpreet Singh Bajaj Phil McFarlane Brandy Wicklow Ilana Halperin |
10 – 11:15 a.m. | DC2430 – Forging The Path: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Diabetes Foot Care | Ahmed Kayassi Jolene Heil Virginie Blanchette Zaina Albalawi |
10 – 11:15 a.m. | CSEM2406 – Menopause: Lessons to Learn from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging | Iliana Lega Gillian Einstein Laurie Mereu |
10 – 11:15 a.m. | 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 | Jonathan Campbell Robert Screaton Erin Mulvihill |
11:30 – 12:45 p.m. | DC2435 – Updates in Gestational Diabetes | Lorraine Lipscombe Celeste Durnwald Rachel Bon |
2:15 – 3:30 p.m. | DC2416 – From Parents to Children: The Legacy of Diabetes and Obesity | Brandy Wicklow Jennifer Thompson Jennifer Bruin Jonathan McGavock |
2:15 – 3:30 p.m. | DC2429 – Precision Diagnosis in Diabetes | Alanna Wesiman Diane Wherrett Akshay Jain Jeremy Gilbert |
3:35 – 3:55 p.m. | DCC13 – From Awareness to Action: Shining a Light on Presymptomatic Type 1 Diabetes | Bruce Perkins |
4:00 – 5:15 p.m. | Scientific Oral Presentations (Clinical) DC2421 – Preliminary analyses from a step count and weight track and target Feasibility Trial in Gestational Diabetes | Kaberi Dasgupta |
Research Hour
5:15 – 6:30 p.m. | Co-Creating a Global Type 1 Diabetes Support Group Repository: A Knowledge Mobilization Product | Linxi Mytkolli |
Assessing the Impact of a Community-Based Narrative Film about Diabetes and Homelessness on Audience Members’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs | Saania Tariq | |
Differences in Attendance of Referrals made to a Tertiary Diabetes Education Centre by Referral Location and Neighbourhood Deprivation | Saania Tariq | |
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 | Jim Bowen Valeria Rac | |
Understanding patient-focused registries for diabetes: A Scoping Review of Published Literature | Paige Alliston | |
Investigating the Impact of Medical Trauma by Age at Diagnosis in People Living with Type 1 Diabetes using Epistemic Network Analysis | Jamie Boisvenue | |
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 |
9:40 – 10:55 a.m. | DC2431 – Exercise as Medicine | Christopher Shields Bruce Perkins Gabrielle Schmid |
9:40 – 10:55 a.m. | DC2409 – Forging Ahead: A distinctions-based pathways approach for Indigenous Diabetes Management | Celeste Theriault |
9:40 – 10:55 a.m. | Indigenous Science & Content Oral Abstract Presentations 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 | Calvin Ke Jacqueline Beaudry Rebecca Hull-Meichle |
11:10 – 12:25 p.m. | DC2432 – Exploring Models of Care to Support Transitions in Diabetes Care | Lisa Brothers Yetman Fred Melindy Tamara Spaic Rayzel Shulman Lisa DeMolitor |
11:10 – 12:25 p.m. | DC2432 – Innovative Strategies in Glucose Management | Mourad Ferdaoussi Kacey Prentice Christine Doucette |
12:35 – 13:35 p.m. | CSEM2413 – CSEM Rising Stars Symposium | Melissa-Rosina Pasqua Iliana Lega Breay Paty |