Special BBDC Annual Trainee Awards Conference
The BBDC will be hosting a special online conference on Friday, June 11 to recognize and showcase the work of the six 2020/2021 BBDC Annual Trainee Awards prize winners. Each prize winner will give a 10-minute presentation with a brief question and answer period. Attendance is open to University of Toronto faculty, fellows, students, and endocrine residents. The conference is an initiative of the BBDC’s Trainee Advancement and Development Committee.
Date: Friday, June 11, 2021
Time: 12:00 to 1:15 pm
Location: Zoom (registration is required). Please contact Sanam Tajadod in the BBDC at [email protected] to obtain the login information for the conference.
Presentations
| 1st Prize Recipient Natasha Anita Supervisor: Dr. Walter Swardfager Serum soluble epoxide hydrolase-related oxylipins are associated with depression and increased depressive symptom severity in patients with type 2 diabetes |  |
| 2nd Prize Recipient Sarah Martchenko Supervisor: Dr. Patricia Brubaker The L cell clock is required for circadian GLP-1 secretion and maintenance of intestinal homeostasis |  |
| 3rd Prize Recipient Rosa J. W. Li Supervisor: Dr. Tony Lam Nutrient infusion in the dorsal vagal complex controls hepatic lipid and glucose metabolism in rats |  |
| Honourable Mention Prize Recipient Andrea Glenn Supervisor: Dr. John Sievenpiper Greater Adherence to the Portfolio Diet is Associated with Lower Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in the Women’s Health Initiative |  |
| Honourable Mention Prize Recipient Saad Khan Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Winer Gut-Liver B Cells Promote the Development of Obesity-Associated Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Disease |  |
| Honourable Mention Prize Recipient Dr. Song-Yang Zhang Supervisor: Dr. Tony Lam FXR in the dorsal vagal complex is sufficient and necessary for upper small intestinal microbiome-mediated changes of TCDCA to alter insulin action in rats |  |