Updated: January 18, 2023
19th Annual CBC Symposium:
Stress and Human Health: Diabetes
Full Day HYBRID event:
Virtual and In-person in Chicago
DATE: Thursday, November 17, 2022
LOCATION:
Northwestern Medicine Prentice Women’s Hospital
Room L and Harris Atrium
250 E. Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611
AND virtually as a ZOOM Webinar.
TIME: 8:30 AM – 6:30 PM
POSTER SESSION: 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Symposium Twitter Feed: @CBCsymp2022, #CBCsymp2022
This all-day event is co-organized by Louis Philipson (UChicago), Julian solway (UChicago), Brian Layden (UIC) and Joseph Bass (NU).
This symposium is generously sponsored by: The Searle Funds at the Chicago Community Trust and GenScript PROBIO
Quick Links:
Poster Presentations I Symposium Program I Keynote Speakers
Session Speakers I Session Chairs
Poster Presentations:
The CBC Annual Symposium 2022 hosted the symposium poster session in-person this year at Northwestern Memorial Prentice Women’s Hospital. Click on the link below to view this year’s posters and abstracts online.
▸ VIEW POSTERS AND ABSTRACTS HERE
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Rohit KULKARNI, MD, PhD
Joslin Diabetes Center/
Harvard Medical School
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Arleen TUCHMAN, PhD
Vanderbilt University
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SESSION SPEAKERS:

Grant BARISH, MD
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
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Kirstie DANIELSON, PhD
University of Illinois Chicago
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Tina DROSSOS, PhD
The University of Chicago
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Kristin L. KNUTSON, PhD
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
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Pamela MARTYN-NEMETH, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN
University of Illinois Chicago
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Raghu MIRMIRA, MD, PhD
The University of Chicago
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Sirimon REUTRAKUL, MD
University of Illinois at Chicago
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Robert SARGIS, MD, PhD
University of Illinois Chicago
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Krista VARADY, PhD
University of Illinois Chicago
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Amisha WALLIA, MD
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
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Jill WEISSBERG-BENCHELL, PhD, CDCES
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
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Pingwen XU, PhD
University of Illinois Chicago
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SESSION CHAIRS:

Lisa R. BEUTLER, MD, PhD
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
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Brian LAYDEN, MD
University of Illinois Chicago
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Talia N. LERNER, PhD
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
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Scott Andre OAKES, MD
The University of Chicago
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Selwyn O. ROGERS, JR., MD, MPH
The University of Chicago
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Celeste THOMAS, MD
The University of Chicago
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PROGRAM:
download program HERE
| 8:30 AM | Attendee arrival and check-in / Breakfast & Refreshments |
| 8:45 AM | ZOOM Waiting Room Opens for Attendees |
| Opening Session | |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks by Michelle Hoffmann, PhD, CBC Executive Director and CBC Symposium Organizer |
| 9:10 AM | Opening/Keynote Speaker: Arleen TUCHMAN, PhD (Vanderbilt University) Historical Reflections on Stress, Race, and Diabetes |
| Session I: Stress in diabetes: integrated nutrition, obesity, and diabetes | |
| 9:55 AM | Chairs/Session Introduction: Lisa BEUTLER, MD, PhD (Northwestern University) & Scott OAKES, MD (The University of Chicago) |
| 10:05 AM | Tina DROSSOS, PhD (The University of Chicago) Nutrition and Obesity: Key Factors in Diabetes |
| 10:25 AM | Krista VARADY, PhD (University of Illinois at Chicago) Health benefits of intermittent fasting |
| 10:45 AM | Pingwen XU, PhD (University of Illinois at Chicago) Estrogens in the brain and metabolic adaptation to temperature and nutritional stresses |
| 11:05 AM | Grant BARISH, MD, PhD (Northwestern University) B cell lymphoma 6 regulates sexually dimorphic hepatic lipid metabolism and steatosis |
| 11:25 AM | Q&A panel discussion |
| 11:45 AM | Lunch and Poster Session |
| Afternoon Session | |
| 1:05 PM | Keynote Speaker: Rohit KULKARNI, MD, PhD (Joslin Diabetes Center/Harvard Medical School) Diabetes – a consequence of miscommunication between exocrine and endocrine cells? |
| SESSION 2: Stress from the micro and macro environment in complications and progression of diabetes | |
| 1:50 PM | Chairs/Session Introduction: Talia LERNER, PhD (Northwestern University) & Celeste THOMAS, MD (The University of Chicago) |
| 1:55 PM | Rob SARGIS, MD, PhD (University of Illinois Chicago) Swimming in a Pool of Stressors: Environmental Toxicants, Health Justice, and the Diabetes Pandemic |
| 2:15 PM | Raghu MIRMIRA, MD, PhD (The University of Chicago) New Perspectives on Type 1 Diabetes: The Beta Cell under Stress |
| 2:35 PM | Amisha WALLIA, MD (Northwestern University) Stress, Cardiovascular Disease, and Diabetes in the COVID-19 Era |
| 2:55 PM | Jill WEISSBERG-BENCHELL, PhD (Northwestern University) Adolescent Coping and Adapting to Life with T1D |
| 3:15 PM | Q&A panel discussion |
| 3:35 PM | 20 minute break |
| SESSION 3: Stress in diabetes: reciprocal aspects of hypoxia, rhythms, sleep and social determinants | |
| 3:55 PM | Chairs/Session Introduction: Selwyn ROGERS, MD, MPh (The University of Chicago) & Brian LAYDEN, MD, PhD (University of Illinois Chicago) |
| 4:00 PM | Kristen L. Knutson, PhD Northwestern University Sleep health and metabolic disorders: A review of the evidence |
| 4:20 PM | Sirimon Reutrakul, MD University of Illinois Chicago Sleep interventions and glucose metabolism |
| 4:40 PM | Pamela MARTYN-NEMETH, PhD University of Illinois Chicago Stress and Sleep in Type 1 Diabetes |
| 5:00 PM | Kirstie DANIELSON, PhD University of Illinois Chicago A Novel Electronic Medical Record Diabetes Screening Program in an Urban Academic Hospital Emergency Department |
| 5:20 PM | Q&A panel discussion |
| 5:40 PM | Closing Remarks by Michelle Hoffmann, PhD CBC Executive Director and Symposium Organizer(s) |
| 5:55 PM | Reception for In-Person attendees |
| 6:30 PM | Adjourn |

