Past DiabDocs Program
Events and Announcements
Past 2023 Events
May DiabDocs Career Development Session: Wednesday, May 17, 2023, 10:30am-12pm (PT)/1:30-3pm (ET)
Speaker: George Huntley, Chief Executive Officer,
Diabetes Leadership Council
Topic: Understanding the broken US drug pricing system
Speaker: Brittany Bruggeman, MD, Assistant Professor,
Pediatric Endocrinology, UF Health Shands Children's Hospital
Topic: Do your little bit of good: a busy clinician's guide to everyday diabetes advocacy
Trainees or potential candidates who would benefit from the topic to be discussed or who would be interested in the DiabDocs program in the future are welcome to attend.
April DiabDocs Career Development Session: Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 10:30am-12pm (PT)/1:30-3pm (ET)
Presenter: Decio L. Eizirik, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, ULB Center for Diabetes Research, Medical Faculty, Universite Libre de Bruxells (ULB), Belgium
Topic: How to start and run a laboratory?
Trainees or potential candidates who would benefit from the topic to be discussed or who would be interested in the DiabDocs program in the future are welcome to attend.
2023 DiabDocs-K12 Spring Retreat: March 24, 2023, Location: Virtual/Zoom
The DiabDocs-K12 Spring 2023 Retreat will gather faculty reviewers and candidates to participate in interviews and study section for the second recruitment cycle of the program. Retreat will be virtual on Zoom.
March DiabDocs Career Development Session: Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023, 10:30am-12pm (PT)/1:30-3pm (ET)
Presenter: Lisa Spain, Ph.D., NIH Program Director
Topic: Getting your Great Ideas Funded: Tips from an NIDDK Program Official
Trainees or potential candidates who would benefit from the topic to be discussed or who would be interested in the DiabDocs program in the future are welcome to attend.
Past 2022 Events
Program Annual Retreat:
Held each fall, the DiabDocs-K12 Annual Retreat gathers all program scholars and mentors to present research and network. Participation is expected.
The 2022 DiabDocs-K12 Annual Retreat:
OCTOBER 26 -28, 2022, Location: Sheraton Suites Chicago O'Hare (6501 Mannheim Rd, Rosemont, IL 60018)
Webinars:
We had two informational webinars in July 2022 to discuss the program, application process and eligibility criteria. The webinars were on Zoom and were recorded.
Webinars for the Spring 2023 hiring cycle will be held in December 2022. Please check back this webpage for more details in the upcoming months.
Monday, July 11, 2022:
Wednesday, July 13, 2022: