Qatar Diabetes and Obesity Research Symposium
7.30 - 8.00am
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Registration
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8.00 - 8.05am
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Welcome Address
Prof. Shahrad Taheri, Chair of the Diabetes Research Sub-Committee, National Diabetes Strategy
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8.05 - 8.10am
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Opening Remarks
Dr. Sheikh Mohamed Al-Thani,
Director of Public Health, MoPH
Topic: Diabetes & Obesity in Qatar - Implications for policy and research
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Session 1
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Moderators
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Dr. Paul J. Thornalley (HBKU) &
Dr. Marwa Mokhtar (QMI)
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8.10 - 8.30am
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Prof. Abdul-Badi Abou -Samra
Topic: Insulin sensitivity variations among young health men in Qatar
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8.30 - 8.50am
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Dr. Noor Suleiman, QMI
Topic: Qatar Diabetes Mobile Application Trial
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8.50 - 9.10am
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Dr. Khalid Hussain, SIDRA Medicine
Topic: The epidemiology, biochemical and molecular mechanisms of childhood diabetes in Qatar
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9.10 - 9.30am
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Dr. Essam M. Abdelalim, HBKU
Topic: Toward precision medicine with human pluripotent stem cells for diabetes
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9.30 - 10.00am
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Keynote Presentation - (Introduction by: Prof. Taheri)
Prof. Nick Wareham, University of Cambridge
Topic: The future of personalized diabetes prevention
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10.00 - 10.45am
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Panel Discussion
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10.45 - 11.00am
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Break
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Session 2
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Moderator
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Dr. Nahla Afifi (QBB)
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11.00 - 11.20am
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Dr. Naila Rabbani, QU
Topic: New approaches of prevention and reversal of type 2 diabetes and risk predictor of diabetic complications.
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11.20 - 11.40am
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Dr. Nayef A. Mazloum, WCM-Q
Topic: Inflammation in Obesity and Age-related Diseases
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11.40 - 12.00pm
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Dr. Hend Mansoor, HBKU
Topic: Exercise and obesity
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12.00 - 12.20pm
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Dr. Mohammed Bashir, HMC
Topic: Implementation of the Gestational Diabetes National Screening and Referral Pathway Guidelines - Screening data from Qatar
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12:20 - 12.50pm
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Keynote Presentation - (Introduction by: Prof. Taheri)
Prof. Jens Juul Holst, University of Copenhagen
Topic: From bench to bedside (TBC)
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12.50 - 01.30pm
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Panel Discussion
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1.30 - 1.45pm
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Closing Remarks - Prof. Shahrad Taheri
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