2024, Scientific Sessions, Session Coverage
  • Experts examine link between loneliness and diabetes

    Experts examine link between loneliness and diabetes

    Loneliness and social isolation are related but different. Anne Gaglioti, MD, MS, FAAFP, and other panelists discussed loneliness, its link to diabetes, and the psychological toll it takes on patients living with diabetes.


  • Panelists discuss critical nature of post-transplant diabetes

    Panelists discuss critical nature of post-transplant diabetes

    A diagnosis of post-transplant diabetes (PTDM) can directly affect the patient’s outcome. Archana R. Sadhu, MD, FACE, and other experts discussed the pathophysiology and patient management of PTDM.


  • ADA initiative aims to improve primary care for diabetes

    ADA initiative aims to improve primary care for diabetes

    Members of the new Diabetes Primary Care Alliance came together to discuss opportunities to improve diabetes outcomes by accelerating the adoption of evidence-based standards of care in primary care.


  • President, Medicine & Science traces journey through diabetes

    President, Medicine & Science traces journey through diabetes

    Mandeep Bajaj, MBBS, shared the path through Northern Ireland, India, and the U.S. that led to a career focus on hepatic fat, liver fibrosis, and what is now known as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH).


  • Dietitians explore how a CDCES can help optimize outcomes with GLP-1-based therapies

    Dietitians explore how a CDCES can help optimize outcomes with GLP-1-based therapies

    With more incretin therapies anticipated for diabetes and obesity soon, experts including Maureen Chomko, RD, CDCES, discussed how dietitians and certified diabetes care and education specialists (CDCES) can help patients get the most benefit from these agents.


  • Experts illuminate various forms of intermittent fasting in diabetes care and beyond

    Experts illuminate various forms of intermittent fasting in diabetes care and beyond

    Time-restricted eating has been found to improve cardiometabolic health, insulin resistance, glycemic management, and blood pressure independent of weight loss. It can even affect polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), explained Sofia Cienfuegos, PhD, MS.


  • Monday is final day to visit Exhibit Hall, Poster Hall, and Shop ADA store in Orlando

    Monday is final day to visit Exhibit Hall, Poster Hall, and Shop ADA store in Orlando

    On the final day of the 84th Scientific Sessions, the Exhibit Hall and Poster Hall are open until 2:00 p.m. Poster presenters will again be available for discussion during the General Poster Session, and the Shop ADA store will be open for purchases.


  • Symposium presented by Diabetes, Diabetes Care, and Diabetologia will spotlight the heterogeneity of type 1 diabetes

    Symposium presented by Diabetes, Diabetes Care, and Diabetologia will spotlight the heterogeneity of type 1 diabetes

    Developed by leading investigators in the field in a closed-door expert forum earlier in the week, the program will take a bench-to-bedside perspective, reviewing what is currently known and identify knowledge gaps with the aim of spurring future research and translation of emerging concepts.


  • Outstanding Educator explains how collaboration with patients can improve outcomes

    Outstanding Educator explains how collaboration with patients can improve outcomes

    The ADA’s Outstanding Educator in Diabetes for 2024, Joshua J. Neumiller, PharmD, CDCES, FADCES, FASCP, had his understanding of the disease reframed when he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a graduate student.


  • ADA President, Health Care & Education outlines lessons learned in diabetes education

    ADA President, Health Care & Education outlines lessons learned in diabetes education

    Patti Urbanski, MEd, RD, LD, CDCES, FADCES, highlighted research on the effectiveness of diabetes education, weaving in her personal experience as a person with type 1 diabetes and as a diabetes educator.