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The Annual Spring Symposium includes a poster session with awards for the best basic science and the best patient-oriented research posters as judged by our esteemed panel of guest Judges:

• Domenico Accili, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Columbia University
• James F. Hyde, Ph.D., Senior Advisor, Career Development (“K” awards) & Diabetes Centers Programs, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Institutes of Health
• Randy Levinson, Ph.D., Senior Editor, Nature Medicine
• Ushma S. Neill, Ph.D., Executive Editor, The Journal of Clinical Investigation
• Kenneth S. Polonsky, M.D., Adolphus Busch Professor of Medicine; Chairman, Department of Medicine; Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University in St. Louis
• Gerald I. Shulman, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E., Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Physiology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University

Following the poster competition, the day culminates with the Kroc Lecture delivered by Domenico Accili, M.D., Columbia University.

Topic: “Forkhead Proteins, Diabetes, and Atherosclerosis”

Location: BRB II/III Lobby & Auditorium

Time: 12:00 am - 5:00 pm

Please note that the deadline for poster registration is March 4, 2009