The DRC sponsors an annual diabetes symposium held each November in honor of World Diabetes Day. This day-long program brings together DRC scientists and their trainees to showcase outstanding recent developments in diabetes research, to foster new collaborations, and to increase DRC scientists’ collective knowledge of diabetes research at Washington University and at other outstanding institutions. Based on recommendations of the Internal Advisory Committee, one or two external experts are invited annually to deliver a lecture and interact with DRC investigators in a research forum where posters are presented by DRC laboratories (average 50/year) and in one-on-one meetings. When possible, the Diabetes Day Program been coordinated with visits by External Advisors to the DRC, as lectures by these outstanding leaders in diabetes research are well suited for this occasion, and the opportunity to learn about a broad sampling of the DRC research at the poster session is invaluable in their assessment of Center productivity.
Diabetes Day Symposium 2020
Join us on Zoom
DRC Diabetes Day Recordings (for those at Washington University)
For those outside of Washington University email kmuehlha@wustl.edu
Diabetes Day Presentation List (pdf)
Breakout Room Session Assignments
Diabetes Day Symposium poster (pdf)
Guest Speaker

Jeffrey E. Pessin, PhD
Judy R. & Alfred A. Rosenberg Professorial
Chair in Diabetes Research
Director, Diabetes Research Center
Departments of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
https://www.einstein.yu.edu/faculty/10953/jeffrey-pessin/
10:00 am -12:00 pm
Virtual Presentation Question and Answers
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Lecture by Jeffrey Pessin, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
“SNARE Proteins in Adipocyte Biology a Mystifying Conundrum”
2:00 – 2:30 pm
Announcement of Presentation winners
Cash prizes awarded for best Presentations in Basic Research and Clinical/Translation categories
For inquiries contact Karen Muehlhauser (kmuehlha@wustl.edu).
Previous Diabetes Day Symposiums
Maike Sander, MD
University of California San Diego
Steven E. Kahn, MB, ChB
University of Washington, Seattle
Barbara Kahn, MD
Harvard Medical School
Raghu Mirmira, MD, PhD
Indiana University
Andrew F. Stewart, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Karin E. Bornfeldt, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Robert S. Sherwin, M.D.
Yale School of Medicine
Alan R. Shuldiner, M.D.
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Diabetes Day Symposium 2011
Michael W. Schwartz, M.D.
University of Washington
Diabetes Day Symposium 2010
Mark A. Magnuson, M.D.
Vanderbilt University
Jeffrey E. Pessin, Ph.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine