CONFERENCES
International Diabetes Federation World
Diabetes Congress 2015 Vancouver
The world’s largest global diabetes meeting, the World
Diabetes Congress, was held in Vancouver on November 30December 4, 2015. Over 12,000 delegates attended the
congress, including representatives from 230 national
diabetes associations around the world. The program
included sessions on a wide variety of diabetes research
spanning basic and clinical science, diabetes in Indigenous
peoples, global challenges, public health and epidemiology.
A number of DNS students, staff, and alumni attended
and presented posters at the meeting, including Ingrid
Santaren, Luke Johnston, Vivian Choo, Laura Chiavaroli,
Effie Viguiliouk, and Sonia Blanco Mejia. Drs. Anthony
Hanley, David Jenkins and John Sievenpiper also presented
their research and chaired sessions.
Ingrid presenting her
prohect on “Individual
saturated fatty acids
and chronic subclinical
inflammation: The
Insulin Resistance
Atherosclerosis Study
(IRAS)”
By: Luke Johnston And Ingrid Santaaren
Photo by: Maciek Jasik
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