Thursday November 3, 2022
9:00a-5:00p
Join us to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the UCSF Diabetes Center. Hear from our distinguished researchers who will share updates on their groundbreaking efforts to prevent and treat diabetes. Visit our special events page to RSVP.
Parnassus Campus, school of Nursing n-225
9:00am Registration
9:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Daniel H. Lowenstein, MD UCSF Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Dr. Robert B. and Mrs. Ellinor Aird Professor of Neurology
Mark S. Anderson, MD, PhD Director, UCSF Diabetes Center Robert B. Friend and Michelle M. Friend Professor of Diabetes Research
9:45 Beta Cells and Stem Cells
Anna L. Gloyn, DPhil Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology) and, by courtesy, of Genetics Stanford University
Julie B. Sneddon, PhD Assistant Professor, UCSF Diabetes Center, UCSF Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, and UCSF Department of Cell & Tissue Biology
10:45 Break
11:00 Genetics and Precision Health
Mark S. Anderson, MD, PhD Robert B. Friend and Michelle M. Friend Professor of Diabetes Research, Director, UCSF Diabetes Center
11:30 Emerging Topics and New Frontiers
Zoe Quandt, MD Assistant Professor, UCSF Department of Medicine
Martin Valdearcos, PhD Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCSF Diabetes Center
12:30 Lunch
1:15 Obesity, Metabolism, and Nutrition
Lisa R. Beutler, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Bruce Spiegelman, PhD Stanley J. Korsmeyer Professor of Cell Biology and Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
2:15 Reflections
Michael German, MD Justine K. Schreyer Endowed Chair in Diabetes Research Professor and Clinical Director, UCSF Diabetes Center
2:45 Catalysts of Translation
Kevan Herold, MD C.N.H. Long Professor of Immunobiology and of Medicine (Endocrinology) Yale School of Medicine
Dean Schillinger, MD Professor, UCSF Department of Medicine Director, UCSF Health Communications Research Program
3:45 Coffee Break
4:00 Keynote Address
Jeffrey A. Bluestone, PhD A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Metabolism and Endocrinology, UCSF Diabetes Center, CEO and President, Sonoma Biotherapeutics
4:45 Closing Remarks