08:30

Canada/Pacific

08:30 - 09:00 PDT
EME Lobby

Registration Desk Opens

Welcome to Diabetes & Obesity Research Day 2025. Check in at our registration desk to collect your conference ID badge. Speakers please load your presentation on the meeting laptop. Coffee & tea service in the EME lobby.

09:00

Canada/Pacific

09:00 - 09:10 PDT
EME Lecture Theatre EME 0050

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Faculty Organizing Committee, Master of Ceremony & Land Acknowledgement Dr Seth McCarthy, PDF, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Exercise, Metabolism & Inflammation Lab

09:10

Canada/Pacific

09:10 - 09:55 PDT
EME Lecture Theatre EME 0050

Keynote Presentation: Dr Shazhan Amed

"Transforming Pediatric Diabetes Care Through Digital and Data Driven Innovation" Clinical Professor, Division of Endocrinology & Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia Investigator and Head, Division of Endocrinology & Diabetes, BC Children's Hospital

10:00

Canada/Pacific

10:00 - 10:45 PDT
EME Lecture Theatre EME 0050

Theme 1: Clinical Research

Session Chair: Dr Lauar Monteiro, PDF, University of British Columbia, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute

10:45

Canada/Pacific

10:45 - 11:00 PDT
EME Lobby

Bio Break

11:00

Canada/Pacific

11:00 - 12:03 PDT
EME Lecture Theatre EME 0050

Theme 2: Mechanistic Studies

Session Chair: Dr David Datzkiw, PDF, University of British Columbia, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute

12:03

Canada/Pacific

12:03 - 13:00 PDT
EME Lobby

Lunch Break

13:00

Canada/Pacific

13:00 - 13:05 PDT
EME Lecture Theatre EME 0050

Meeting Resumes

13:05

Canada/Pacific

13:05 - 13:55 PDT
EME Lecture Theatre EME 0050

Keynote Presentation: Dr John Ussher

Ketone Metabolism as a Target for Pharmacotherapy of Type 2 Diabetes John Ussher, PhD (Pharmacology) Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Alberta Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (Pharmacotherapy of Energy Metabolism in Obesity)

14:00

Canada/Pacific

14:00 - 15:00 PDT
EME Lecture Theatre EME 0050

Theme 3: Prevention & Treatment

Session Chair: Dr Stewart Jeromson, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia

15:00

Canada/Pacific

15:00 - 15:20 PDT
EME Lecture Theatre EME 0050

New Faculty Presentation

15:20

Canada/Pacific

15:20 - 15:40 PDT
EME Lecture Theatre EME 0050

T2D Spark Innovation Challenge 2024

15:40

Canada/Pacific

15:40 - 16:20 PDT
Outdoor Activity e-bike Test Drive

Meeting Concludes- Outdoor Activity E-bike Test Drive

17:00

Canada/Pacific

17:00 - 17:10 PDT
Meet in lobby of Four Points Sheraton Hotel

Charter Bus loads at Hotel- Four Points Sheraton

17:20

Canada/Pacific

17:20 - 17:30 PDT
Meet outside Skeena Residence

Charter bus loads at UBCO Dormitory @ Skeena Residence 1320 International Mews

18:00

Canada/Pacific

18:00 - 18:30 PDT
Tantalus Winery

Reception Registration Desk Opens

Check in with registration desk. Poster presenters locate your poster board and put up your poster.

19:00

Canada/Pacific

19:00 - 19:30 PDT

Group A

Mechanistic

    Group A Posters 20-25

19:05

Canada/Pacific

19:05 - 19:35 PDT

Group B

Mechanistic

    Group B Posters 26-31

19:45

Canada/Pacific

19:45 - 20:15 PDT

Group C

Mechanistic and Prevention & Treatment

    Group C Posters 32-37

19:50

Canada/Pacific

19:50 - 20:20 PDT

Group D

Prevention & Treatment

    Group D Posters 38-43

20:00

Canada/Pacific

20:00 - 20:25 PDT

Group E

Clinical & Mechanistic

    Group E Posters 44-48

21:00

Canada/Pacific

21:00 - 21:15 PDT

Award Announcements & Closing Remarks

Faculty Organizing Committee

21:55

Canada/Pacific

21:55 - 22:00 PDT

UBC charter bus loading to return to UBCO campus

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