Thank you to everyone who presented in our 1st World Diabetes Day Research Poster Session on November 14, 2019! At this multidisciplinary event, we had 56 posters from undergraduate students, graduate students, postdocs, staff, and faculty- all highlighting important diabetes-related research taking place here at the University of Florida.
The awards from the poster session are as follows:
- Best Undergraduate Poster
- Presenter: Keshav Motwani
- Title: T-cell receptor repertoires in peripheral blood encode type 1 diabetes status
- First Runner-Up Graduate Poster
- Presenter: Walker Hagan
- Title: Beta cell GABA secretion is dependent on expression of volume regulatory anion channels
- Best Graduate Poster
- Presenter: Alexandra Lee
- Title: The effects of experimentally manipulated social status on physical activity and sedentary behavior in hispanic adolescents: a randomized controlled trial
- Best Postdoc Poster
- Presenter: Paul Hiers
- Title: Reducing Insulin Pen Waste in an Inpatient Pediatric Pharmacy
- Best Staff Poster
- Presenter: Helmut Hiller
- Title: Assessment of cell viability and endocrine hormone secretion in human pancreases obtained from nPOD organ donors by implementing fresh tissue slices technique
- People’s Choice
- Presenter: Paul Hiers
- Title: Reducing Insulin Pen Waste in an Inpatient Pediatric Pharmacy
Congratulations to the winners, and we hope that you will all join us again next year on World Diabetes Day!