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 |