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Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2019

Diabetes UK Professional Conference: Upcoming coverage and session recommendations

Medicine Matters diabetes will be bringing you coverage from the annual Diabetes UK Professional Conference (DUKPC), which kicks off Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 in Liverpool. Bookmark our DUKPC conference hub page or follow us on Twitter to ensure that you won't miss live reporting on late-breaking abstracts, session summaries and video commentaries from experts in the field.

DUKPC is a multi-disciplinary conference that draws on the latest research and clinical guidance from leading specialists and clinical bodies, and encompasses a wide variety of themes and professional groups including:

  • Retinopathy
  • Diabetes prevention
  • Dietetics and the DiRECT study
  • Inpatient care
  • Pharmacists and primary care

This year's programme will be delivered by a number of diabetes experts, including site contributors:

Editorial Board member John Wilding will be chairing a session at the conference and has made five session recommendations, swipe through them below. You can view more of Prof. Wilding’s latest features here.

  • Diabetic Medicine symposium: DiRECT

    Wednesday 6th March, 11:35-13:05

    Main clinical outcomes of DiRECT at 2 years – Alison Barnes, George Thom, Naomi Brosnaham

    How the body achieves return to normal health – Ahmad Al-Mrabeh

    Experience with low energy diets for diabetes remission in primary care: 3 perspectives from DiRECT evaluation – Lucia Rehackova

  • Reintegrating the eye back into diabetes clinical care and research

    Wednesday 6th March, 11:35-12:35

    Why is retinopathy so important? – Marc Evans

    Latest developments in retinopathy impacting the diabetes team – Simon Harding

    Reintegrating retinopathy into clinical diabetes care: Practical examples from a medical ophthalmology clinic – Amira Stylianides

  • Working towards the prevention of type 1 diabetes

    Wednesday 6th March, 14:15-15:45

    Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet: An update – Polly Bingley

    A systematic review of therapies to preserve beta cell function: Preliminary results – Parth Narendran

    GPPAD: Launching the UK arm – John Todd

  • Arnold Bloom Lecture

    Thursday 7th March, 8:30-9:10

    Improving patient care in monogenic diabetes through research and education – Maggie Shepherd

  • Eating disorders and disordered eating in type 1 and type 2 diabetes

    Thursday 7th March, 14:20-15:50

    Binge eating disorders in type 2 diabetes: What’s the problem and what can we do? – Jacqueline Fosbury

    Insulin omission for weight loss: My journey – Lynsey Choules

    When is it an eating disorder and what do I do? Perspectives from a children and young person’s diabetes doctor – Simon Chapman

    Psychological patient engagement skills for healthcare professionals – Abeni Lüken

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