7.30 - 8.00am
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Registration and Coffee
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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
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Session 1
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Moderators
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Dr. Ammira Al-Shabeeb Akil Principal Investigator and the Head of Precision Medicine of Diabetes,
Obesity and Cancer research program, Sidra Medicine
Dr. Mohammed H. Jarrar Senior Scientific Expert, Qatar Research, Development and Innovation (QRDI)
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8.10 - 8.50am
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The metabolic impact of Ramadan fasting
Prof. Ahmed S. BaHammam, Professor of Medicine, University Sleep Disorders Center, King Saud University
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8.50 - 9.10am
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Precision health in prevention of type 2 diabetes. Update on advances to counter insulin resistance
Prof. Paul Thornalley, Scientific Director, Diabetes Research Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI) Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)
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9.10 - 9.30am
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GATA-3 as a potential therapeutic target for reversing insulin resistance
Dr. Mohamed Elrayess, Director of Basic Research, Vice President for Health and Medical Sciences Office, Qatar University (QU)
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9.30 - 9.50am
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Epidemiology of Diabetes in Qatar and Projection up to 2050
Prof. Laith Abu-Raddad, Professor of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q)
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9.50 - 10.30am
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Obesity management as a primary treatment goal for type 2 diabetes: time to reframe the conversation
Prof. Carel le Roux, Director of Metabolic Medicine Group, University College Dublin
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10.30 - 11.00am
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Coffee Break - Networking
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Session 2
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Moderator
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Dr. Nahla Afifi, Director, Qatar Biobank (QBB), Qatar Foundation (QF)
Prof. Abdul- Badi Abou-Samra, Co-Chair National Diabetes Committee (MoPH) and Director of Qatar Metabolic Institute (QMI)
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11.00 - 11.20am
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Association of low plasma salivary a-amylase activity with increased Inflammation and Cardiometabolic Risk in a high- risk cohort of Qatari individuals with overweight/ obesity
Dr. Abdelilah Arredouani, Scientist, Diabetes Research Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI), Assistant Professor, College of Health & Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)
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11.20 - 11.40am
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The role of precision health in the prevision and management of diabetes
Dr. David Brown, Science and Programmes Director, Qatar Precision Medicine Institute (QPMI), Qatar Foundation (QF)
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11.40am - 12.00pm
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Pray time
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12:00 - 12.20pm
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A Multiomics View of Diabetes
Dr. Karsten Suhre, Director of the Bioinformatics Core and Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College (WCM-Q)
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12.20 - 1.00pm
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Diabetes No More! Remission of type 2 diabetes in the DiRECT and STANDby trials
Prof. Michael Lean,Professor of Human Nutrition, University of Glasgow
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1.00 - 1.30pm
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Discussion - Reflections - Roadmap going forward
Prof. Shahrad Taheri
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1.30pm
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End of Symposium
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