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Current and Future Therapies for Type II Diabetes

Peter Light—PhD, Professor of Pharmacology and Director, Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta


Focus will be placed on understanding how current therapies for Type II Diabetes work and new treatments that have just come on the market or are undergoing clinical trials. Video length: 28 minutes

  


 

Landscape of Diabetes in Alberta

Jeffrey Johnson, PhD—Professor of Public Health and Canada Research Chair, University of Alberta. Video length: 28 minutes

 

Should Diabetes Management Focus More on Weight Control?

Arya M. Sharma, MD/PhD, FRCPC—Professor and Chair for Cardiovascular Obesity Research and Management, University of Alberta; Medical Director, Edmonton Weight Wise Program.

Video length: 42 minutes

 

Diabetes and Physical Activity

Normand Boulé—PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta.

Video length: 22 minutes



Diabetes and Nutrition 

Cathy Chan—PhD, Professor and Division Director of Human Nutrition, U of A
Catherine Field—PhD, Professor of Nutrition and Metabolism, University of Alberta.
Video length: 35 minutes

 

 

Diabetes and Nutrition (Cooking Demo)

View the recipes online here

Stephen Field—Chef & Professor, George Brown College (Toronto).
Catherine Field—PhD, Professor of Nutrition and Metabolism, University of Alberta.

Video length: 53 minutes

 

 

Future Directions for Islet Transplantation

Greg Korbutt—PhD, Professor of Surgery and Director of Human Islet Quality Control Laboratory,

University of Alberta.

Video length: 17 minutes