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Audio recordings of press conferences held at the 73rd Scientific Sessions in Chicago, June 2013.

Major Advance Toward an Artificial Pancreas

Friday, June 21, 9 a.m.

Moderator: Anne Peters, MD, University of Southern California

Speakers:

• Rich Bergenstal, MD, Executive Director of the International Diabetes Center at Park Nicollet and Principal Investigator

All Fat is Not Bad

Friday, June 21, 11 a.m.

Moderator: Steven Smith, MD, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute; Scientific Director, Translational Research Institute for Metabolism & Diabetes

Speakers:

• Laurie Goodyear, PhD,  Joslin Section Head, Senior Investigator, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
• Kristin Stanford, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Joslin Diabetes Center

When Does Type 1 Diabetes Begin to Develop?

Friday, June 21, 2 p.m.

Moderator: Lori Laffel, MD, MPH, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA

Speakers:

• Jay Sosenko, MD, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Miami
• William Hagopian, MD, PhD, Lead Researcher, Scientific Director of Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute; Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Washington
• Jakko Tuomilehto, Emeritus Professor of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland
• John S. Yudkin, MD, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University College, London; Chairman, International Insulin Foundation

Major Long-Term Benefits of Intensive Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes

Saturday, June 22, 2 p.m.

Moderator: Jay Skyler, MD, University of Miami Diabetes Research Institute

Speakers:

• David M. Nathan, MD, Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Diabetes Center; DCCT/EDIC Co-chair
• John Lachin,  MD, Principal Investigator
• Judith Fradkin, MD, Director, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, NIDDK
• Ian deBoer, MD, Investigator

Can Health Care Systems Motivate Patients to Change their Lifestyles and Improve their Health?

Sunday, June 23, 9 a.m.

Moderator: David Marrero, PhD, Director, Diabetes Translational Research Center; Indiana University School of Medicine

Speakers:

• Sandra Jackson, MPH, PhD candidate in Nutrition and Health Science, Emory University
• Lawrence S. Phillips, MD, Professor of Medicine, Emory University, Division of Endocrinology; Director of Clinical Studies Center, Atlanta VA Medical Center

Pathway to Stop Diabetes: The American Diabetes Association’s Bold New Research Initiative

Sunday, June 23, 1 p.m.

Moderator: Robert Ratner, MD, FACP, FACE, Chief Scientific & Medical Officer, American Diabetes Association

Speakers:

• C. Ronald Kahn, MD, Chair of the Mental Advisory Group
• John E. Anderson, MD, President, Medicine & Science, American Diabetes Association
• Mara Darsow, PhD, Vice President, Research Programs, American Diabetes Association

Results of the Look AHEAD Trial

Monday, June 24, 2:30 p.m.

Moderator: Sue Kirkman, MD, University of North Carolina

Speakers:

• Rena Wing, PhD, Chair of Look AHEAD, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School, Brown University
• William Knowler, MD, PhD, MPH, Diabetes Epidemiology & Clinical Research Section, NIDDK
• Lucy Faulconbridge, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Director of Research, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
• Mary Evans, PhD, Project Scientist, Director of Look AHEAD, Special Projects in Nutrition, Obesity and Digestive Diseases, NIDDK