The Diabetes Research Center hosted its first Diabetes Symposium on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at the Sullivan Center, 701 Ilalo Street, Honolulu, Hawaii.
The goal of the symposium is to unite partners involved with research on Diabetes Mellitus (DM) in Hawaii,
informed by global DM researchers.
| 9:00 am to 9:15 am | Registration |
| 9:15 am to 9:30 am | Opening Remarks -Mariana Gerschenson, PhD Principal Investigator, Diabetes Research Center Associate Dean for Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine |
| 9:30 am to 10:00 am | “Diabetes in Hawaii – 2020” -Marjorie Mau, MD Endocrinologist Professor, Department of Native Hawaiian Health |
| 10:00 am to 10:15 am | Break |
| 10:15 am to 10:45 am | “Type 2 Diabetes – Findings from the Multiethnic Cohort” -Gertraud Maskarinec, MD, PhD Professor, University of Hawaii Cancer Center |
| 10:45 am to 11:15 am | “Update from the GRADE Study” -Sophia Hox, DO Endocrinologist Pacific Health Research and Education Institute Veterans Affairs Pacific Islands Health Care System Principal Investigator, Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes (GRADE) Project |
| 11:15 am to 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm | “Towards Precision Medicine in Diabetes: Using Genetics to Understand Disease Heterogeneity” Keynote Speaker: Jose Florez, MD, PhD Chief, Endocrine Division and Diabetes Unit Investigator, Center for Genomic Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital |
| 1:00 pm to 1:15 pm | Break |
| 1:15 pm to 2:15 pm | “Overview of Diabetes Pharmacotherapy: Looking Back and Ahead” -Cindy Pau, MD East-West Medical Research Institute |
| 2:15 pm to 2:30 pm | Closing Remarks -Mariana Gerschenson, PhD |