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 Diabetes Institute
Content Area: Beta-Cell Replacement
Natalie Bellini, DNP, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, CDCES
Case Western University
Content Area: New Technology
Gretchen Benson, RDN, CDCES
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
Content Area: Clinical Nutrition
Mark Benson, MD, PhD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Content Area: Macrovascular Complications
Elizabeth Beverly, PhD
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Content Area: Psychosocial, Behavioral Medicine
Petter Bjornstad, MD
University of Washington Medicine Diabetes Institute
Content Area: Diabetic Kidney Disease
Alejandro Caicedo, PhD
University of Miami
Content Area: Islet Biology/Insulin Secretion
Eda Cengiz, MD, MHS
University of California San Francisco
Content Area: Youth
Laura den Hartigh, PhD
University of Washington
Content Area: Lipids
Kimberly Gudzune, MD
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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 University School of Medicine
Content Area: Insulin Action/Molecular Metabolism
Amanda Killeen, DPM, FACPM, CWSP, FFPM RCPS (Glasg)
University of Texas Southwestern
Content Area: Foot Care/Lower Extremities
Alice Long, PhD
Benaroya Research Institute
Content Area: Immunology
Rozalina McCoy, MD, MS
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Content Area: Hypoglycemia
Brian O'Neill, MD, PhD
University of Iowa
Content Area: Metabolism, In Vivo (Humans)
Stephen C. J. Parker, PhD
University of Michigan
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
Indiana University School of Medicine
Content Area: New Technology
Paolo S. Silva, MD
Beetham Eye Institute 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-Upstate
Content Area: Education
Emily D. Szmuilowicz, MD, MS
Northwestern University
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
VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington
Content Area: Obesity/Pathogenesis of Obesity
Allison Xu, PhD
University of California San Francisco
Content Area: Metabolism, In Vivo (Animals)
Jane E. Yardley, PhD
University of Alberta
Content Area: Exercise