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)

SpeakerGeorge 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:

Recording available here

Wednesday, July 13, 2022:

Recording available here