World Diabetes Day is next week!

Event Details:

Date: Thursday, November 14, 2024
Time: 14:30 – 19:00
Location: Glasblokkene Block 2, 1st Floor, Haukelandsbakken, 5021 Bergen.

Program for the Day:

14:30 – 15:00 Opening and Food:

  • Pål R. Njølstad (Director, Mohn Center for Diabetes Precision Medicine)
  • Per Sigvald Bakke (Dean, Faculty of Medicine, UiB)
  • Magne Juuhl (Deputy Director, BUS, Helse Bergen)
  • Nicholas Knag Nunn (Managing Director, Trond Mohn Foundation)
  • Karoline Rørtveit Thorbjørnsen (Leader, Diabetes Association Bergen)

15:00 – 17:00 Lectures:

  • Young Researcher – “Introduction to Mohn Center for Diabetes Precision Medicine”
  • Nicholas Carr – “Parent Groups Can Strengthen Interaction with Youth”
  • Simon Dankel – “Type 2 Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition”
  • Cecilie Roksvåg – “Interview: Life as a Patient with MODY Diabetes, Mother of Three Children with MODY, and Leader of the Diabetes Association”
  • Agnethe Lund – “What is Gestational Diabetes?”
  • Heiko Bratke – “Diabetes Technology and Systematic Quality Improvement Dramatically Improve Outcomes for Children with Diabetes”

17:00 – 19:00 – Laboratory Tour + Possible Discussion with Researchers

More information regarding directions will be provided next week. If you have any questions about the day, please contact the committee via the following emails:

  • Ulrik Larsen: larsen@uib.no
  • Miguel Angel Juarez Garzon: garzon@uib.no
  • Laura Kind: kind@uib.no

 

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