Training & Events

Keynote: Dr. Steve Smith, Mayo Clinic and Project Leader on the Decade of Discovery: A Minnesota Partnership to Conquer Diabetes

The Forum will be the key organizational event to bring together experts and stakeholders working in diabetes in the province, including: government, scientific research, clinical research, nutrition, population and community health, investment and commercialization.

Speakers:

Patient Perspectives: Overview - Dr. Heather Dean MD, FRCP - Assistant Dean, Faculty of Medicine

Scientific Research: Dr. Grant Hatch - Canada Research Chair in Molecular Cardiolipin Metabolism, Manitoba Institute for Child Health

Clinical Trials/Clinical Research - Dr. Bram Ramjiawan - Director of Research Innovation and Regulatory Affairs at St. Boniface General Hospital

Nutrigenomics and Bioactives Research - Dr. Peter Eck - Canada Research Chair in Nutrigenomics

Medtronic of Canada - Medical Device Industry

The objective of the event is to create a Manitoba roadmap of organizational resources in the diabetes space in the region. By identifying these areas we will be well positioned to identify gaps and discuss solutions that will move new technologies that treat the disease and improve patient care to commercialization.

Thank you to our event partners:

Manitoba Health Research Council

Manitoba Agri-Health Research Network

Medtronic of Canada

LifeScan (Johnson & Johnson)

The Province of Manitoba - Innovation, Energy and Mines

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

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