You’re found the right place if you’d like to enter to win two roundtrip tickets on Southwest Airlines. The deadline to enter is November 30, 2009 and you must be 18 years old and a Florida resident to enter. You can only enter once, so good luck!

Terms and Conditions

The University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence is the organization sponsoring the contest. The University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence’s principal place of business is 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610.

The prize to be awarded has been donated to the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence. No cash prizes will be awarded and no University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence funds have been used to purchase the prize.

The prize to be awarded is two (2) roundtrip airline tickets on Southwest Airlines. These tickets are subject to all of the rules and regulations printed on the back of the passes.

The winner will be selected on December 1, 2009 by drawing and the prize will be awarded on December 1, 2009 at noon. The drawing will be held at 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THE CONTEST.

Contestants may only enter once and must be legal residents of the State(s) of Florida who are 18 years of age or older on the date of entry in the applicable contest.

Employees of the UF Diabetes Center of Excellence and their family members are NOT eligible to enter and/or to win the Contest.

All entries must be made online at the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence’s website at www.diabetes.ufl.edu.

All entries must be received by Monday, November 30, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. Illegible entries or entries from ineligible entrants will be void. Fraudulent entries will be void.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or stated on-air, no person will be entitled to receive any prize until after their eligibility has been confirmed or accepted by the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence and all required paperwork (including, without limitation, liability release agreements) have been completed by the pending winner within the required deadlines.

The prize awarded must be picked up at the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence at 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610 during normal business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, unless otherwise specifically directed by the Center. Prizes will not be mailed, unless otherwise determined by the Center.

The prize will be released to winners only. Winners are required to present a valid United States state or federal photo ID in order to pick up any prize. Winners may be required, at the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence’s sole discretion, to sign a Liability Release Agreement relieving the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence from any and all liability with respect to the contestant’s participation in the contest and the receipt and/or use of the prize. Any person who refuses to sign the Release or complete or provide any other documents required by the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence by the deadline required by University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence will forfeit any and all prizes.

Winners are responsible for paying all applicable local, county, state and federal taxes on prizes based on the estimated retail value of the prize, as set forth in the contest rules, and will be issued an IRS 1099 form for all prizes won from University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence where the aggregate value of all prizes is $600 or more.

Specific restrictions regarding awarded prizes will be provided, if applicable, to the winner.

Odds of winning depend upon number of entries received.

In the event that any entrant or entry is disqualified or any prize is forfeited in accordance with the applicable contest rules, the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence has no obligation whatsoever to notify any such entrant of any such disqualification or forfeiture.

By participating in a University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence contest, entrants hereby agree and each entrant hereby remises, releases and forever discharges and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence, its affiliates, parents, assigns, successors, employees, sponsors, agents and all others connected with them and the promotion, contest, and/or event from any and all liability, claims, actions, and damages sustained or incurred by participation in the said promotion, contest, and/or event and the receipt and use of any prize(s) awarded (if any) through such promotion, contest, and/or event arising in any manner whatsoever, including but not limited to an act or omission, whether negligent, intentional or otherwise caused by University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence, its affiliates, parents, assigns, successors, employees, sponsors, agents and all others connected with them and the promotion, contest, and/or event.

University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence is not responsible for any technical difficulties, technical malfunctions or errors (whether technical or typographical) experienced due to overload, busy signals, loss of phone service, internet availability, electronic problems, interrupted or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, telephone or other connections, availability or accessibility, or miscommunications, or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, or lines, or technical failure or jumbled, garbled, corrupted, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions, or computer hardware or software or telephone malfunctions, failures, or technical errors or difficulties, any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or tampering with or hacking of any of the websites, computer virus, bug, or other errors or corruptions of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of information or the failure to capture, or loss of, any such information or any other factor that may prevent an individual from completing or University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence from receiving (accurately or otherwise) a phone call, an email, accessing any website (including the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellences or any third party website), or for any problem associated with the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence website or voting website or software, internet, telephone connections, servers, routers, or any other technical problem that may impact entry, participation, voting or prize claim in any way, regardless of the cause, including, without limitation, any injury or damage to any person’s computer, equipment, property, software or network related to or resulting from participating in a University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence contest or visiting its websites (whether as an entrant, visitor or voter). University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence and its sponsors assume no responsibility for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in a University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence Contest. University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence is not responsible for any printing errors or typographical errors. If, for any reason, in the sole opinion of University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence, any contest is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, hacking, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes, whether discovered or suspected by University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence, which, in sole opinion of the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence, does or could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of a Contest, University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the affected contests and/or the voting portion of any Contests with or without selecting qualifiers, finalists or winners, and/or provide alternative means of entry or voting or any other changes to these contest rules that University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence deems appropriate under the circumstances In the event of termination, suspension or modification of a contest, a notice will be posted online and announced on-air.

University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence contests are subject to all applicable laws and regulations and are void where prohibited.

The $3 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health provides funding for TrialNet studies at UF and represents a continuation of resources that have supported type 1 diabetes research at UF for more than 20 years.

The TrialNet consortium of 14 centers in the United States and five international centers is funded jointly by the NIH and private diabetes foundations. Through the research network, scientists hope to improve the understanding of the natural history of type 1 diabetes, screen and identify persons at risk and conduct clinical trials to evaluate promising new therapies that prevent, slow or reverse the progression of the disease.

“Involvement in TrialNet is critical because these kinds of studies require participation from hundreds of patients if we are to really understand what treatments are effective,” said Dr. Desmond Schatz, associate chairman of pediatrics at the UF College of Medicine and medical director of the UF Diabetes Center of Excellence. “One center cannot recruit enough patients to reach these numbers, so we are successful only if we work together.”

Type 1 diabetes, previously known as juvenile diabetes, is usually diagnosed in children and young adults. It is an autoimmune disease in which the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas are destroyed by the immune system, requiring daily insulin replacement and frequent blood sugar checks by patients. Type 1 diabetes is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases diagnosed in children in the United States.

UF’s TrialNet investigators include Schatz, Dr. Michael Clare-Salzler, chairman of the department of pathology, immunology and laboratory medicine; Mark Atkinson, professor of pathology and the American Diabetes Association eminent scholar chair; and Dr. Michael Haller, assistant professor of pediatric endocrinology.

As one of the original institutions participating in TrialNet, UF has been a top performing center in the network. TrialNet studies at UF include a vaccination study that aims to preserve insulin production in patients with newly onset diabetes, a study to determine the risk of diabetes for family members of children with type 1 and research into the prevention or delay of diabetes through the administration of insulin.

This is your chance to be creative and put your face on diabetes. Enter the 2nd Annual World Diabetes Day Photo Contest.

Photo contest winners will receive Good Cards, a gift card for charity from 6 Degrees.Org

Click here to download the official contest entry form. For more information about the contest, please contact Shannon Lyles by email at lylessp@peds.ufl.edu.

The contest is sponsored by the University of Florida Department of Pediatric Endocrinology.

You’re found the right place if you’d like to enter to win two roundtrip tickets on Southwest Airlines. The deadline to enter is November 30, 2009 and you must be 18 years old and a Florida resident to enter. You can only enter once, so good luck!

Terms and Conditions

The University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence is the organization sponsoring the contest. The University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence’s principal place of business is 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610.

The prize to be awarded has been donated to the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence. No cash prizes will be awarded and no University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence funds have been used to purchase the prize.

The prize to be awarded is two (2) roundtrip airline tickets on Southwest Airlines. These tickets are subject to all of the rules and regulations printed on the back of the passes.

The winner will be selected on December 1, 2009 by drawing and the prize will be awarded on December 1, 2009 at noon. The drawing will be held at 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THE CONTEST.

Contestants may only enter once and must be legal residents of the State(s) of Florida who are 18 years of age or older on the date of entry in the applicable contest.

Employees of the UF Diabetes Center of Excellence and their family members are NOT eligible to enter and/or to win the Contest.

All entries must be made online at the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence’s website at www.diabetes.ufl.edu.

All entries must be received by Monday, November 30, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. Illegible entries or entries from ineligible entrants will be void. Fraudulent entries will be void.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or stated on-air, no person will be entitled to receive any prize until after their eligibility has been confirmed or accepted by the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence and all required paperwork (including, without limitation, liability release agreements) have been completed by the pending winner within the required deadlines.

The prize awarded must be picked up at the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence at 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610 during normal business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, unless otherwise specifically directed by the Center. Prizes will not be mailed, unless otherwise determined by the Center.

The prize will be released to winners only. Winners are required to present a valid United States state or federal photo ID in order to pick up any prize. Winners may be required, at the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence’s sole discretion, to sign a Liability Release Agreement relieving the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence from any and all liability with respect to the contestant’s participation in the contest and the receipt and/or use of the prize. Any person who refuses to sign the Release or complete or provide any other documents required by the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence by the deadline required by University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence will forfeit any and all prizes.

Winners are responsible for paying all applicable local, county, state and federal taxes on prizes based on the estimated retail value of the prize, as set forth in the contest rules, and will be issued an IRS 1099 form for all prizes won from University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence where the aggregate value of all prizes is $600 or more.

Specific restrictions regarding awarded prizes will be provided, if applicable, to the winner.

Odds of winning depend upon number of entries received.

In the event that any entrant or entry is disqualified or any prize is forfeited in accordance with the applicable contest rules, the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence has no obligation whatsoever to notify any such entrant of any such disqualification or forfeiture.

By participating in a University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence contest, entrants hereby agree and each entrant hereby remises, releases and forever discharges and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence, its affiliates, parents, assigns, successors, employees, sponsors, agents and all others connected with them and the promotion, contest, and/or event from any and all liability, claims, actions, and damages sustained or incurred by participation in the said promotion, contest, and/or event and the receipt and use of any prize(s) awarded (if any) through such promotion, contest, and/or event arising in any manner whatsoever, including but not limited to an act or omission, whether negligent, intentional or otherwise caused by University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence, its affiliates, parents, assigns, successors, employees, sponsors, agents and all others connected with them and the promotion, contest, and/or event.

University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence is not responsible for any technical difficulties, technical malfunctions or errors (whether technical or typographical) experienced due to overload, busy signals, loss of phone service, internet availability, electronic problems, interrupted or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, telephone or other connections, availability or accessibility, or miscommunications, or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, or lines, or technical failure or jumbled, garbled, corrupted, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions, or computer hardware or software or telephone malfunctions, failures, or technical errors or difficulties, any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or tampering with or hacking of any of the websites, computer virus, bug, or other errors or corruptions of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of information or the failure to capture, or loss of, any such information or any other factor that may prevent an individual from completing or University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence from receiving (accurately or otherwise) a phone call, an email, accessing any website (including the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellences or any third party website), or for any problem associated with the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence website or voting website or software, internet, telephone connections, servers, routers, or any other technical problem that may impact entry, participation, voting or prize claim in any way, regardless of the cause, including, without limitation, any injury or damage to any person’s computer, equipment, property, software or network related to or resulting from participating in a University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence contest or visiting its websites (whether as an entrant, visitor or voter). University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence and its sponsors assume no responsibility for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in a University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence Contest. University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence is not responsible for any printing errors or typographical errors. If, for any reason, in the sole opinion of University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence, any contest is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, hacking, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes, whether discovered or suspected by University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence, which, in sole opinion of the University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence, does or could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of a Contest, University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the affected contests and/or the voting portion of any Contests with or without selecting qualifiers, finalists or winners, and/or provide alternative means of entry or voting or any other changes to these contest rules that University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence deems appropriate under the circumstances In the event of termination, suspension or modification of a contest, a notice will be posted online and announced on-air.

University of Florida Diabetes Center of Excellence contests are subject to all applicable laws and regulations and are void where prohibited.

The $3 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health provides funding for TrialNet studies at UF and represents a continuation of resources that have supported type 1 diabetes research at UF for more than 20 years.

The TrialNet consortium of 14 centers in the United States and five international centers is funded jointly by the NIH and private diabetes foundations. Through the research network, scientists hope to improve the understanding of the natural history of type 1 diabetes, screen and identify persons at risk and conduct clinical trials to evaluate promising new therapies that prevent, slow or reverse the progression of the disease.

“Involvement in TrialNet is critical because these kinds of studies require participation from hundreds of patients if we are to really understand what treatments are effective,” said Dr. Desmond Schatz, associate chairman of pediatrics at the UF College of Medicine and medical director of the UF Diabetes Center of Excellence. “One center cannot recruit enough patients to reach these numbers, so we are successful only if we work together.”

Type 1 diabetes, previously known as juvenile diabetes, is usually diagnosed in children and young adults. It is an autoimmune disease in which the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas are destroyed by the immune system, requiring daily insulin replacement and frequent blood sugar checks by patients. Type 1 diabetes is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases diagnosed in children in the United States.

UF’s TrialNet investigators include Schatz, Dr. Michael Clare-Salzler, chairman of the department of pathology, immunology and laboratory medicine; Mark Atkinson, professor of pathology and the American Diabetes Association eminent scholar chair; and Dr. Michael Haller, assistant professor of pediatric endocrinology.

As one of the original institutions participating in TrialNet, UF has been a top performing center in the network. TrialNet studies at UF include a vaccination study that aims to preserve insulin production in patients with newly onset diabetes, a study to determine the risk of diabetes for family members of children with type 1 and research into the prevention or delay of diabetes through the administration of insulin.

This is your chance to be creative and put your face on diabetes. Enter the 2nd Annual World Diabetes Day Photo Contest.

Photo contest winners will receive Good Cards, a gift card for charity from 6 Degrees.Org

Click here to download the official contest entry form. For more information about the contest, please contact Shannon Lyles by email at lylessp@peds.ufl.edu.

The contest is sponsored by the University of Florida Department of Pediatric Endocrinology.

Please follow this link to download a flyer with information about this and other Diabetes Awareness Month activities.

This is your chance to be creative and put your face on diabetes. Enter the 2nd Annual World Diabetes Day Photo Contest.

Photo contest winners will receive Good Cards, a gift card for charity from 6 Degrees.Org

Click here to download the official contest entry form. For more information about the contest, please contact Shannon Lyles by email at lylessp@peds.ufl.edu.

The contest is sponsored by the University of Florida Department of Pediatric Endocrinology.

For more information, please download the PDF version of the event flyer.