You are cordially invited by the Sydney Health Partners Diabetes and Obesity Clinical Academic Group (DO-CAG) Co-chairs Professor Louise Baur, Professor Stephen Twigg as well as coordinators Stephanie Noonan and Ruth Tredinnick to our hybrid 'Diabetes and Obesity Research Showcase' event at the Royal North Shore Kolling Auditorium on Friday 22nd of November from 9am-12pm.

The morning will include a warm welcome from Northern Sydney Local Health District Chief Executive Anthony Schembri, remarks from our DO-CAG Co-chairs as well as 3-minute rapid fire presentations from our early to mid-career researchers, senior clinicians as well as a lived experience panel moderated by A/Prof Marg McGill.

Attendance is represented from across all Sydney Health Partners i.e. Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, Northern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network (Westmead campus), Sydney Local Health District, The University of Sydney and Western Sydney Local Health District. There will be an opportunity for discussion and light refreshments by Flavours Catering to follow.

The purpose of DO-CAG is to deliver meaningful health outcomes for people with diabetes and obesity across the life-course, through enabling high quality multidisciplinary research, fostering equitable collaborations amongst academics, clinicians, allied health and consumers as well as increasing the capacity and capabilities of researchers, and improving competitiveness and impact in research translation.

Don't miss out on this unique and exciting opportunity to network, learn, and collaborate with leading professionals in the field. Please mark your calendars, get tickets here and be part of this showcase event!

Order of nearly finalised program below:

Time	Activity	Speaker(s)
0900-0910am	Acknowledgement of country, welcome, introductions, housekeeping, overview of the day Welcome to Northern Sydney Local Health District Overview of Diabetes & Obesity CAG	Prof Stephen Twigg Chief Executive Anthony Schembri of Northern Sydney Local Health District Prof Stephen Twigg
0910-1010am	One-hour session of 3 min rapid-fire presentations from early & mid-career researchers and clinicians	Prof Louise Baur
	1. Sydney Local Health District	Dr Megan Gow “Food Is Medicine: Generating evidence for scalable medically tailored meals and produce prescription programs that prevent and treat diabetes in people with food insecurity”
	2. Sydney Local Health District	Dr Moin Ahmed “Health Economics of Diabetes”
	3. University of Sydney	Dr Cal Baker “Prediabetes and Exercise PACE G study”
	4. Nepean and Blue Mountains Local Health District	Ms Andrea Xia (PhD candidate) “Health Literacy and Severe Obesity”
	5. Nepean and Blue Mountains Local Health District	Dr Maria Cagigas “A very low energy diet (VLED) modulates the hallmarks of aging in adults with prediabetes”
	6. Northern Sydney Local Health District	Dr Natassia Rodrigo “Operation Glucose-investigating the usefulness of using CGM in patients with T2DM having a hospital operation”
	7. Northern Sydney Local Health District	Dr Amy Wanaguru “Paediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology at RNSH “Use of automated insulin delivery systems in children with type 1 diabetes from diagnosis”
	8. Children’s Hospital Westmead	Ms Eve House (PhD candidate) “Results of the Fast Track to Health Randomised Clinical Trial- Exploring the use of intermittent energy restriction during adolescent weight management interventions”
	9. Children’s Hospital Westmead	Ms Hannah Melville (PhD Candidate) “A systematic review on the prevalence of disordered eating/eating disorders in adults seeking obesity treatment”
	10. Western Sydney Local Health District	Dr Gideon Meyerowitzkatz “Integrating Point-Of-Care Diabetes Detection with Lifestyle Counselling in Community Settings: Outcomes from Western Sydney, Australia”
	11. Western Sydney Local Health District	Ms Sumathy Ravi “The Right Questions: Codesigning a pre-consultation assessment tool to meet the needs of people with diabetes in Western Sydney”
1010-1020am	Prediabetes Databases	A/Prof Eugen Molodysky
1020-1030am	Prediabetes Advocacy/Awareness	Prof Glen Maberly
1030-1040am	Prediabetes Embedding Models of Care	A/Prof Emily Hibbert
1040-1050am	Severe Obesity	Dr Kath Williams
1050-1120 am	Q&A Panel featuring those with lived experience	TBA panel guests moderated by A/Prof Marg McGill
1120-1130am	Summary, future plans and closing	Prof Stephen Twigg
1130am-12pm	Light lunch and refreshments provided by Flavours Catering

The best parking for Kolling is P1 Car Park (map below). The Auditorium can hold up to 200 guests max so get your tickets early! You can either take the lift to Level 5 or walk up one flight of stairs – street level is Level 4. The Institute is a 10-15 min walk from St Leonards Train Station.

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