UCSF Diabetes Center 20th Anniversary Symposium
Decoding Diabetes: A Century of Progress, A Future of Innovation
Thursday, November 3, 2022
9:00 a.m. Pacific time
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.
UCSF Parnassus Campus
School of Nursing, N-225
2 Koret Way, San Francisco
Symposium Agenda
Registration
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Featuring:
Daniel H. Lowenstein, MD
Mark S. Anderson, MD, PhD
Anna L. Gloyn, DPhil
Talk Title: Unravelling Mechanisms for Beta Cell Dysfunction at Type 2 Diabetes GWAS Loci
Julie B. Sneddon, PhD
Talk Title: Flame of Hope: A Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetes
Coffee Break
Mark S. Anderson, MD, PhD
Talk Title: Using Outliers to Unravel Autoimmunity
Zoe Quandt, MD
Talk Title: Cancer Immunotherapy-Induced Diabetes: A New Perspective on Islet Autoimmunity
Martin Valdearcos, PhD
Talk Title: Microglia: Expanding Roles for the Guardians of the Brain
Lunch is served
Lisa R. Beutler, MD, PhD
Talk Title: Obesity-Mediated Dysfunction of Gut-Brain Dynamics
Bruce Spiegelman, PhD
Talk Title: The PGC1a/Irisin Pathway: Linking Muscle Metabolism with Cognition and Neurodegeneration
Michael German, MD
Talk Title: Key Discoveries: 100 Years of Insulin
Kevan Herold, PhD
Talk Title: Beta Cells and Immune Cells: Breaking the Cycle to Prevent Type 1 Diabetes
Dean Schillinger, MD
Talk Title: Type 2 Diabetes and Public Health: What UCSF Researchers Are Discovering
Coffee Break
Jeffrey A. Bluestone, PhD
Talk Title: UCSF Diabetes Center: Past, Present, and Future
Closing Remarks
Symposium Concludes
Featuring
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Mark Anderson, MD, PhD
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A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor of Metabolism and Endocrinology
Robert B. Friend and Michelle M. Friend Professor of Diabetes Research
Director, UCSF Diabetes Center
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Lisa Beutler, MD, PhD
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Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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Jeffrey Bluestone, PhD
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Professor Emeritus of Metabolism and Endocrinology, UCSF Diabetes Center
CEO and President, Sonoma Biotherapeutics
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Michael German, MD
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Justine K. Schreyer Professor of Diabetes Research
Professor and Clinical Director, UCSF Diabetes Center
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Anna Gloyn, DPhil
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Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology) and, by courtesy, of Genetics
Stanford University
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Kevan Herold, MD
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C.N.H. Long Professor of Immunobiology and of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Yale School of Medicine
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Daniel Lowenstein, MD
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Moderator
UCSF Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
Dr. Robert B. and Mrs. Ellinor Aird Professor of Neurology
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Zoe Quandt, MD
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Assistant Professor, UCSF Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Dean Schillinger, MD
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Director, UCSF Health Communications Research Program
Co-Director, NIDDK DREAMS Center for Type 2 Diabetes Translational Research
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Julie Sneddon, PhD
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Assistant Professor, UCSF Diabetes Center, UCSF Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, and UCSF Department of Cell and Tissue Biology
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Bruce Spiegelman, PhD
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Stanley J. Korsmeyer Professor of Cell Biology and Medicine,
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
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