Many of us are familiar with diabetes, but how much do we understand about the disease? November is Diabetes Awareness Month — when we aim to educate patients on how to determine if they are at risk and provide steps that can be taken to prevent the onset of Type 2 diabetes.
The UF Diabetes Institute will host multiple events on World Diabetes Day, Nov. 14. There will be a poster session, a panel discussion with UF faculty and free blood glucose screenings open to all. Events will take place at the Health Professions, Nursing and Pharmacy, or HPNP, Building. Search diabetes.ufl.edu for more information about diabetes research and events.
Both conditions can be managed. It is essential to know your risk and treatment options for a healthy life with diabetes.
, American Diabetes Association, https://www.diabetes.org/resources/statistics
WORLD DIABETES DAY EVENTS
Poster Session: Nov. 14, 9:30-11 a.m.
Poster session for students and junior faculty with prizes available.
HPNP Reception Hall
Panel Discussion: Nov. 14, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Short presentations and a Q&A session.
HPNP Auditorium
Glucose Screenings: Nov. 14, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Free glucose screenings.
HPNP Courtyard
FITNESS FEST
Nov. 17, 9 a.m.-noon
Wellness walk, yoga, community vendors and more.
Depot Park
Director of UF Diabetes Institute awarded Jacobaeus Prize
Mark A. Atkinson, Ph.D., director of the UF Diabetes Institute and the American Diabetes Association Eminent Scholar for Diabetes Research and the Jeffrey Keene Family Professor at UF, is the 2019 recipient of the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Jacobæus Prize. It is the oldest, largest and most prestigious prize in the world for research in endocrinology and metabolism.
Atkinson accepted the award in Finland, where he also gave a lecture on his research.