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DRC Diabetes Day 2019 – Poster Prize Winners Announced

Diabetes Day poster winners

Poster Winners for Diabetes Day Symposium 2019

The Diabetes Research Center is pleased to announce the Poster Prize winners of the Diabetes Day Poster Session held in the Eric P. Newman Education Center (EPNEC) at Washington University on November 7, 2019.

The Diabetes Research Center’s Annual Diabetes Day is designed to showcase outstanding recent developments in diabetes research and to foster new scientific collaborations among our members. Our judges were extremely impressed by the breadth and quality of work demonstrated by the presenters during the poster session. The poster session concluded with a talk by Dr. Maike Sander, “Metabolic Influence on pancreatic Beta Cells.”

The Prize Winners

First Place Basic Science Category

Jeremie Ferey, PhD (Diwan lab)

Second Place Basic Science Category

Sabine Daemen, PhD (Schilling lab)

First Prize Clinical/Translational Science

Margaret Nalugo, MD (Zayed lab)

Second Prize Clinical/Translational Science

Julia Dunn, MD