Diabetes Pro Quarterly - Spring 2018 - 13

RESEARCH NEWS

Nomination Deadline Approaching for
2019 Pathway to Stop Diabetes® Grant
Opportunity

Nominations:
Nominations are invited from U.S. accredited academic and
nonprofit research institutions.
* Each institution is allowed a single nomination on any of the
three award mechanisms offered.
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Pathway to Stop Diabetes® focuses on brilliant minds at the peak
of their creativity, providing 5- to 7-year grants of up to $1.625
million and the freedom, autonomy, and professional mentoring
to drive new breakthroughs in the fight to Stop Diabetes.
Now in its sixth year of accelerating science and empowering
talent, Pathway is bringing new perspectives to diabetes research
by supporting innovative basic, clinical, translational, epidemiological, and health services research that is relevant to any type
of diabetes, diabetes-related disease state, or complication.
The American Diabetes Association is currently accepting
nominations for 2019 Pathway awards.

Effective January 1, 2018, institutions are limited to only
one repeat nomination of the same individual.

* Individual components of multi-component organizations*
with unique DUNS/IPF identifiers are considered
independent institutions.
* Nomination of individuals from diverse backgrounds,
including minority groups that are underrepresented in
biomedical research,† is strongly encouraged.
* e.g. individual campuses within the University of California system,
aﬃliated institutions within the Harvard system
†Underrepresented minorities are defined as African American or Black,
Hispanic/Spanish/Latino, American Indian/Alaskan Native or Native
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander.

Deadline: July 2, 2018, at 5:00 p.m. ET for January 1, 2019,
funding.
For more information about Pathway, please visit
diabetes.org/pathway.

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Scientific Sessions Major Lectures and Addresses Announced
We cordially invite you to attend presentations by the presidents of the American Diabetes Association:
Felicia Hill-Briggs, PhD, ABPP, will give the President, Health Care & Education Address, "The American Diabetes Association in the Era of Health
Care Transformation," on Saturday, June 23.
Jane Reusch, MD, will deliver the President, Medicine & Science Address, "24/7/365: Tell the Diabetes Story" on Sunday, June 24.
The recipients of the Association's National Scientific & Health Care Achievement Awards will present lectures at this year's meeting:
Gerald I. Shulman, MD, PhD, FACP, MACE,, will present the Banting Lecture, "Mechanisms of Insulin Resistance -
Implications for Obesity, Lipodystrophy and Type 2 Diabetes" on Sunday, June 24.
Lora K. Heisler, PhD,, will deliver the Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award Lecture, "Harnessing Brain Circuits to
Improve Type 2 Diabetes" on Monday, June 25.
Jackie Boucher, MS, RDN, will give the Outstanding Educator in Diabetes Award Lecture, "Connectedness -
How Technology and Social Networks are Advancing Diabetes Nutrition Care" on Saturday, June 23.
Catherine C. Cowie, PhD, MPH, will present the Kelly West Award Lecture, "Diabetes Diagnosis and Control -
Missed Opportunities to Improve Health" on Sunday, June 24.
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Merck.
The Association is pleased to announce its 2018 Professional Interest Group Award recipients. We invite you to attend their
presentations:
Tim Wysocki, PhD, ABPP, will present the Richard R. Rubin Award Lecture, "Diabetes and Behavior in the 21st Century: Things That Make You
Go 'Hmmm'" on Saturday, June 23.
Edgar J.G. Peters, MD, PhD, will present the Roger Pecoraro Award Lecture, "The Ghosts of Diabetic Foot Infection: Past, Present, and Yet to
Come" on Saturday, June 23.
Linda "Lynn" A. Barbour, MD, MSPH, FACP, will deliver the Norbert Freinkel Award Lecture, "Metabolic Culprits in Obese Pregnancies and
Gestational Diabetes: Big Babies, Big Twists, Big Picture" on Saturday, June 23.
Alessandro Doria, MD, PhD, MPH, will present the Edwin Bierman Award Lecture, "Leveraging Genetics to Improve Cardiovascular Health in
Diabetes" on Monday, June 25.
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