CDF PRESENTS THE VIRTUAL 4TH ANNUAL EPIC DIABETES CONFERENCE

Graham Daugherty • April 29, 2021

The epic diabetes conference is taking place on saturday may 22

The Children’s Diabetes Foundation and Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes are proud to present the fourth annual Empowering Patients for Individualized Care (EPIC) Diabetes Conference on Saturday, May 22, 2021 in a virtual setting. Sponsored by the Beatson Foundation, this patient-centered virtual conference will be hosted online from 8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. MST. Anyone impacted by type 1 or type 2 diabetes whether you are a patient, family member, caregiver, nurse, or a healthcare provider are encouraged to attend. Virtual tickets are available for $5 per person, or $20 per family of four or more.

This year’s EPIC Diabetes Conference schedule offers three different tracks for attendees to tailor their experience: pediatric, adult, and advanced. Sessions cover a variety of topics including mental and emotional health, remote monitoring, online decision making, COVID-19, and more. This event is an opportunity for patients to improve their individual care, embrace the diabetes community, and reinforce the fact that they are not alone with this disease.

The conference brings people together in a supportive environment to take care of diabetes emotionally and physically. Workshops include a 15-minute presentation by each speaker, followed by 45 minutes for questions from attendees. This format allows attendees the opportunity to connect directly with Colorado’s top endocrinologists and diabetes specialists in real time. Keynote speaker Kellee Miller, Ph.D., MPH, will provide an in-depth presentation, Connecting Scientific Advancements to Patient Care, highlighting her diabetes research and how data is used to identify trends in the diabetes community. Kellee is the Senior Epidemiologist at the Jaeb Center for Health Research in Tampa, Florida. She has a Ph.D. in Epidemiology and her research focus is type 1 diabetes.

For more information about the conference, visit https://www.epicconferences.org/

Event Hashtag:        #EPICconf21

Website:                   ChildrensDiabetesFoundation.org

Facebook:                @epicconference

Twitter:                      @CDFdiabetes

Instagram:                 @cdfdiabetes

About the Children’s Diabetes Foundation: The Children’s Diabetes Foundation is the fundraising arm of the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, focusing on patient support, diabetes research, and public awareness. The Children’s Diabetes Foundation, located in Aurora, was established by Barbara and Marvin Davis in 1977 after their daughter, Dana, developed diabetes at the age of seven. The non-profit organization is dedicated solely to the support of research in diabetes and to provide the best possible clinical and educational programs for people with the disease. The Foundation’s mission is to raise funds to support the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes and its world-renowned research programs where thousands of patients with type 1 diabetes, children and adults alike, receive the finest diabetes care available. Thanks to the generous funding provided to the Center, all patients are welcome, regardless of their financial status.

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