Danish Diabetes Academy

Diabetes Canada conference 2017 and international collaboration

As a result of a collaboration with the Cardiometabolic health, Diabetes and Obesity network (CMDO) in Canada, Danish Diabetes Academy recently sent two young researchers to the 20th Diabetes Canada Professional Conference and Annual Meetings in Edmonton, followed by two trainee days about patient oriented research, among other things, led by Diabetes Action Candada.

BBDC-Joslin-UCPH conference and Training Day 2017 highlights

On November 20-21, 2017, the Banting and Best Diabetes Centre (BBDC), Joslin Diabetes Center (Joslin) and University of Copenhagen (UCPH) held their 4th joint symposium on diabetes with the topic Diabetic Complications from Molecular Mechanisms to Patient Orientated Research at the MaRS centre in Toronto, Canada.

Highlights from EASD 2017 in Lisbon

On 11-15 September 2017, the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) held its 53rd Annual Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal. A meeting with great opportunities to establish new networks, meet old friends and stimulate creative exchange of knowledge.

Becoming a professor at Harvard is the ultimate goal

A ‘goal-oriented super student’ is how a local newspaper described Manan Pareek when he became the top student at his high school Fåborg Gymnasium, with a grade point average of 11.1. He later became a physician with a grade point average of 11.2, and this year he became one of only 20 especially talented PhD students who received a travel stipend from the Danish Elite Research Initiative established by the Danish Ministry for Higher Education and Science.

Highlights from the 14th Annual Summer School on Diabetes and Metabolism

On August 28-31, 2017, a total of 70 PhD students, prominent national and international speakers and guests attended the 14th Summer School on Diabetes and Metabolism, since the establishment of the Danish PhD School of Molecular Metabolism in 2003, and the last within Danish Diabetes Academy's first 5-year project grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation.