NutriNews Spring 2016 Issue | Page 24

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 SPRING 2016 | From Prescription to Nutrition | 22