Scientific Sessions

Planning Committee

Planning Committee

The overall philosophy of the Scientific Sessions is to present cutting edge research or opinion that is not heard in other meetings and conferences held throughout the year. The Scientific Sessions Meeting Planning Committee is responsible for developing challenging and exciting program content that reaches across diverse disciplines to teach lessons of relevance to diabetes.

Alice Y.Y Cheng, MD, FRCPC  
University of Toronto
Committee Chair

Anastasia Albanese-O'Neill, PhD, APRN, CDCES 
JDRF
Content Area: New Technology
 

Lynn Ang, MD 
University of Michigan
Content Area: Neuropathy

Mark Atkinson, PhD
University of Florida College of Medicine
Content Area: Beta-Cell Replacement

Natalie Bellini, DNP, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, CDCES
University Hospitals Health Systems
Content Area: New Technology

Gretchen Benson, RDN, CDCES
Minneapolis Heart Foundation
Content Area: Clinical Nutrition

Gretchen Benson, RDN, CDCES
Minneapolis Heart Foundation
Content Area: Clinical Nutrition

Mark Benson, MD, PhD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Content Area: Macrovascular Complications

Elizabeth Beverly, PhD
Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Content Area: Psychosocial, Behavioral Medicine

Petter Bjornstad, MD
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Content Area: Diabetic Kidney Disease

Alejandro Caicedo, PhD
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Content Area: Islet Biology/Insulin Secretion

Eda Cengiz, MD, MHS
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine 
Content Area: Youth

Laura den Hartigh, PhD
University of Washington School of Medicine
Content Area: Lipids

Kimberly Gudzune, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Content Area: Obesity/Pathogensis of Obesity

Manami Hara, DDS, PhD
University of Chicago 
Content Area: Islet Biology/Insulin Secretion

Elizabeth T. Jensen, MPH, PhD
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Content Area: Epidemiology

Richard Kibbey, MD, PhD
Yale School of Medicine
Content Area: Insulin Action/Molecular Metabolism 
 

Amanda Killeen, DPM, FACPM, FASPS, CWSP
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Content Area: Foot Care/Lower Extremities

Alice Long, PhD
Benaroya Research Institute
Content Area: Immunology

Rozalina McCoy, MD, MS
Mayo Clinic
Content Area: Hypoglycemia

Brian O'Neill, MD, PhD
University of Iowa
Content Area: Metabolism, In Vivo (Humans)

Stephen Parker, PhD
University of Michigan Medical School
Content Area: Genetics

Leigh Perreault, MD, FACE, FACP
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Content Area: Clinical Therapeutics

Ravi Retnakaran, MD, FRCPC
University of Toronto
Content Area: Clinical Therapeutics

Jane Seley, DNP, MPH, MSN, GNP, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES
Weill Cornell College
Content Area: Education

Viral N. Shah, MD
University of Colorado Anschutz Campus
Content Area: New Technology

Paolo Silva, MD
Joslin Diabetes Center
Content Area: Retinopathy

Emily K. Sims, MD, MS
Indiana University School of Medicine
Content Area: Islet Biology/Insulin Secretion

Michelle D. Stancil, MS, BSN, RN, CDCES
Prisma Health
Content Area: Education

Emily Szmuilowicz, MD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Content Area: Pregnancy

Celeste Thomas, MD
University of Chicago
Content Area: Health Care Improvement

Paul Titchenell, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Content Area: Insulin Action/Molecular Metabolism

Jenny Tong, MD, MPH
University of Washington
Content Area: Obesity/Pathogenesis of Obesity

Allison Xu, PhD
University of California San Francisco
Content Area: Metabolism, In Vivo (Animals)

Jane Yardley, PhD
University of Alberta
Content Area: Exercise