2019 NIDDK symposium guests and speakers (from left to right): Alvin Powers, MD, Judith Fradkin, MD (NIH), Art Castle, PhD (NIH), John Stafford, MD, PhD, Shari Barkin, MD, MSHS, Camille Powe, MD (Harvard), William Herman, MD, MPH (University of Michigan), and Scott Soleimanpour, MD (University of Michigan).
The 2019 Summer Research Training Program medical students practiced presenting their summer research projects during the annual poster reception.
134 medical students gathered at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center this summer for the annual NIDDK symposium to showcase their research projects and hear from distinguished professors from around the country about their work and careers.
Vance Albaugh, MD, PhD, left, Robb Flynn, PhD, and Naji Abumrad, MD, seated, in collaboration with the MMPC, are studying how weight-loss operations cause positive metabolic effects, even before weight loss happens. (photo by John Russell) Click the image to read more.
Visiting speaker, Mohit Jain MD, PhD (center right) gave a talk on "Metabolic Insights on Diabetes" for the annual Daryl K. Granner lecture at VUMC. He poses with Al Powers, MD, Daryl Granner, MD, and John Stafford, MD (left to right).
Dr. Camille Powe, MD (Harvard University) spoke to medical students this summer at the annual NIDDK symposium.
Faculty, staff, and students attending the annual Diabetes Day conference.
Diabetes Day award winners (front row, from left) Andrew Wiese, PhD; Radhika Aramandla; Sarah Graff; and Rachana Haliyur, PhD. Event leaders included (back row, from left) Sean Davies, PhD; Sarah Jaser, PhD; and Alvin Powers, MD. (photo by Nathan Morgan). Click the photo to read more.
Congrats to Kai Bracey in the Kaverina lab on his outstanding graduate student poster award at Diabetes Day 2019!
Justin Gregory, MD, left, Jordan Smith, RN, and colleagues are studying a possible new treatment that could lead to better health and longer lives for patients with Type 1 diabetes. (photo by John Russell) (Click the photo for the story)
Patrick Hu, MD, PhD, identified a previously unknown step in insulin synthesis, providing new clues to diabetes pathogenesis. Click the photo to read more.
Great turn out for the 2019 JDRF Walk at Centennial Mall!

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