The workshop will showcase: (1) newly discovered risk loci for type 2 diabetes; (2) specific ß-cell functions and pathways potentially influenced by these genes; and (3) linkage of genes conferring risk to the clinical progression of diabetes. The goals for this workshop are to share results from this rapidly evolving field and identify new strategies that enable an integrated correlation of at-risk loci with suboptimal ß-cell functioning. The workshop objectives are to bring together and learn from multiple disciplines, and foster collaboration among scientists in the diabetes community.
For more information, please contact:
NIDDK Workshop Contact:
Michael Appel, Ph.D.
301-594-4740
appelm@niddk.nih.gov
Workshop Logistics Coordinator:
Cerena Cantrell, CMP
301-670-4990
ccantrell@scgcorp.com
PLANNING COMMITTEE |
Domenico Accili, M.D.
Department of Medicine
Columbia University
Russ Berrie Pavilion, Room 238
1150 St. Nicholas Avenue
New York, NY 10032
Telephone: (212) 851-5332
Email: da230@columbia.edu |
Michael Appel, Ph.D.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Two Democracy Plaza, Room 792
6707 Democracy Boulevard, MSC 5460
Bethesda, MD 20892-5460
Telephone: (301) 594-4740
Email: appelm@niddk.nih.gov |
David Altshuler, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Genetics and of Medicine Program in Medical and Population Genetics
Broad Institute
Department of Molecular Biology
Center for Human Genetic Research
Massachusetts General Hospital
Richard B. Simches Research Center
185 Cambridge Street, Room 6806
Boston, MA 02114
Telephone: (617) 726-5940
Email: altshuler@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu |
Robert Hanson, M.D., M.P.H.
Diabetes and Arthritis Epidemiology Section
Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health
1550 E. Indian School Road
Phoenix, AZ 85014-4972
Telephone: (602) 200-5207
Email: rhanson@phx.niddk.nih.gov |
Catherine McKeon, Ph.D.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Two Democracy Plaza, Room 6103
6707 Democracy Boulevard, MSC 5460
Bethesda, MD 20892-5460
Telephone: (301) 594-8810
Email: mckeonc@mail.nih.gov |
Christopher Rhodes, Ph.D.
Department of Medicine
The Kovler Diabetes Center
University of Chicago
MC 1027
5841 S. Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
Telephone: (773) 702-8128
Email: cjrhodes@uchicago.edu |
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