Harlan to offer insight into latest on diabetes research at ‘Be Well’ lecture
Community members interested in how the latest research in diabetes may affect their lives can hear it directly from the leading researchers’ mouths on Wednesday, Oct. 6, at 6 p.m., as part of the “Be Well” series of lectures presented by the UMass Medical School/UMass Memorial Health Care Development Office.
David M. Harlan, MD, director of UMass Memorial Health Care Diabetes Center of Excellence, the William and Doris Krupp Professorship in Medicine and professor of medicine, and Mitchell J. Gitkind, MD, clinical associate professor of medicine and medical director of the Weight Center at UMass Memorial Medical Center, will present “Understanding Diabetes: The ‘North Star’ to a Cure” in the Blais Pavilion of the Aaron Lazare Research Building.
A leading killer in the United States and one of the fastest growing diseases in the world, diabetes affects millions of individuals and their families. Through their talk, Drs. Harlan and Gitkind hope to illuminate the risk factors and symptoms of diabetes and teach audience members about the latest medical therapies available to help people who have diabetes maximize their health and well being. They will also report on the progress toward the ultimate goal—preventing diabetes in those at risk and curing it for those already afflicted.
The Diabetes Center of Excellence is located in the new Ambulatory Care Center, where diabetes patients are afforded easy access to clinical trials and breakthrough discoveries in diabetes research at the UMMS Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center, one of only 17 such centers in the nation. The Diabetes Center of Excellence is an American Diabetes Association (ADA)-approved program, with the only ADA-approved program for children in Central Massachusetts.
Each spring and fall, the Development Office presents talks by experts from the Medical School and UMass Memorial, who share information to help community members make informed health and well-being decisions. The next talk will be on Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 6 p.m., when Greg Seward, director of the Tobacco-Free Initiative at UMass Medical School/UMass Memorial Medical Center and Ryan Coffman, tobacco treatment specialist at UMass Memorial, will present “Unlocking the Potential: The Impact of Tobacco Use on All of Us.” For more information, visit www.umassmed.edu/development.
