Scientific Sessions

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.

Mark A. Atkinson, PhD
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Committee Chair

Halis Kaan Akturk, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes
Aurora, CO
Content Area: New Technology

Grazia Aleppo, MD
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Content Area: New Technology

Lynn Ang, MD
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Content Area: Neuropathy

Mandeep Bajaj, MBBS, FRCP
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Content Area: Clinical Therapeutics

Maria Bettini, PhD
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Content Area: Immunology

Maureen Chomko, RDN, CDCES
Neighborcare Health
Seattle, WA
Content Area: Clinical Nutrition

Arup Das, MD, PhD
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque, NM
Content Area: Retinopathy

Jenny DeJesus, DNP, ANP-BC, ADM-BC, CDCES

Jenny DeJesus, DNP, CDCES
Northwell Health
Westchester, NY
Content Area: Diabetes Education

Sagar B. Dugani, MD, PhD, MPH
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Content Area: Epidemiology

Feyza Engin, PhD
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, WI
Content Area: Islet Biology/Insulin Secretion

Brendan M. Everett, MD, MPH
Massachusetts General Brigham and Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Content Area: Macrovascular Complications

Rajesh Garg, MD
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Torrance, CA
Content Area: Clinical Therapeutics

Rebecca A. Haeusler, PhD
Columbia University
New York, NY
Content Area: Obesity/Pathogenesis of Obesity

Marisa E. Hilliard, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, TX
Content Area: Behavioral Medicine

Janice Jin Hwang, MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Content Area: Metabolism, In Vivo (Humans)

Young-Bum Kim, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Content Area: Metabolism, In Vivo (Animals)

Rebecca Rick Longo, DNP, ACNP-BC, CDCES
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
Burlington, MA
Content Area: Diabetes Education

Brynn E. Marks, MD, MSHPEd
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Content Area: Pediatrics

Teresa Mastracci, PhD
Indiana University-Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
Content Area: Islet Biology/Insulin Secretion

Camille E. Powe, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Content Area: Pregnancy

Priya Prahalad, MD, PhD
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Content Area: New Technology

Alexandria Ratzki-Leewing, PhD, MSc
University of Maryland, School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Content Area: Hypoglycemia

Michael C. Riddell, PhD
York University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Content Area: Exercise

Holger Russ, PhD
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, FL
Content Area: Beta-Cell Replacement

Jennifer A. Schaub, MD
University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine
Ann Arbor, MI
Content Area: Diabetic Kidney Disease

Ellen A. Schur, MD, MS
University of Washington Medicine
Seattle, WA
Content Area: Obesity/Pathogenesis of Obesity

Kanhaiya Singh, PhD
McGowen Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Content Area: Foot Care/Lower Extremities

Cassie Spracklen, PhD
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA
Content Area: Genetics

John Stafford, MD, PhD
The Ohio University
Columbus, OH
Content Area: Lipids

Katrin J. Svensson, PhD
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Content Area: Insulin Action/Molecular Metabolism

Sarah A. Tersey, PhD
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Content Area: Islet Biology/Insulin Secretion

Amisha Wallia, MD, MS
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Content Area: Health Care Delivery–Economics/Quality Improvement

Phillip J. White, PhD
Duke University
Durham, NC
Content Area: Insulin Action/Molecular Metabolism