12th Annual Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Research Day Agenda
Thursday, August 25, 2022
8 — 9 A.M.
Healthy Kentucky Research Building (760 Press Avenue)
Check-In
HKRB Atrium
Breakfast
HKRB Atrium near Starbucks
Poster setup: HKRB Atrium
All of the sessions from 9 — 12 are in the Lee T. Todd Jr. Building, Conference Room 124 (789 S Limestone).
9 — 9:15 A.M.
Introductory Remarks
Lisa Cassis, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, Vice President of Research, University of Kentucky
9:15 — 9:30 A.M.
Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center and Research Priority Area Update
Simon Fisher, MD, PhD
Acting Director, UK Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center; Chief of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, UK HealthCare
9:30 — 10:15 A.M.
“A Newer Understanding of Prediabetes – Pathophysiology Complications, Management and Reversal”
Samuel Dagogo-Jack, MD, DSc
Division Chief and Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Introduction by Lovoria Williams, PhD, FNP-C
10:15 — 10:30 A.M.
Coffee break and poster set-up
10:30 — 11:10 A.M.
Podium Presentations
Introduction by Dr. Samir Softic
10:30 – 10:50 A.M.
A Better Way to Diagnose Impaired Awareness of Hypoglycemia in People with Type 1 Diabetes
Erica Macon, Phd, PAS
10:50 – 11:10 A.M.
"Treatment and Outcomes of Non-emergent Hyperglycemia in the Emergency Department at the University of Kentucky"
Krista Murphy, BS
11:10 A.M.— 12 P.M.
“The Intersection of Insulin Resistance in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Youth”
Kristen Nadeau, MD, MS
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Introduction by Eva Kalaitzoglou, MD
Lunch and the poster sessions will be held in Healthy Kentucky Research Building (760 Press Avenue).
12 — 1:15 P.M.
Lunch, HKRB Atrium
1:15 — 2:45 P.M.
Poster sessions, HKRB Atrium
Odd numbers present 1:15 – 2 p.m.; even numbers present 2 – 2:45 p.m.
2:45 — 3 P.M.
Break
All of the sessions from 3 — 5 are in the Lee T. Todd Jr. Building, Conference Room 124 (789 S Limestone).
3 — 3:45 P.M.
“Targets in the Hypothalamus: A Molecular Link Between Energy Balance and Exercise”
Joel Elmquist, DVM, PhD
Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine, Pharmacology and Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Introduction by Cetewayo Rashid, PhD
3:45 — 4:25 P.M.
Podium Presentations
Introduction by Dr. Analia Loria
3:45 – 4:05 P.M.
"Deletion of Period genes exacerbates diet-induced obesity in female, but not male, mice"
Elizabeth Kantra, MS
4:05 – 4:25 P.M.
"Improving the Counterregulatory Responses to Hypoglycemia with Pharmacological Intervention"
Micah Devore, BSc
4:25 — 5:00 P.M.
Blitz Special
Barbara Nikolajczyk & Kevin Pearson (Moderators)
5 — 7:30 P.M.
Healthy Kentucky Research Building (760 Press Avenue)
Reception & Awards Banquet
Closing Remarks
Simon Fisher, MD, PhD
Acting Director, Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center; Chief of Endocrinology, Professor
Mark Newman, MD
Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, UK HealthCare
Presentation of Poster Awards
Barbara Nikolajczyk, PhD
Associate Director for Translational Research in Diabetes, Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center
Professor of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
Presentation of the Fred and Marcielle de Beer Award
Entertainment
Dr. Everett McCorvey
Professor, Director of Opera Theatre, Ensemble Directors, School of Music