DDA Winter School for postdocs 2019
During the five interactive days of the DDA Winter School for postdocs you will experience exiting scientific lectures from national and international experts. You will gain a broader scientific perspective by bridging fundamental discoveries and clinical relevance. Further you will listen to presentations on career opportunities and be clarified in regards to own carrier and goals. You will also get the possibility to present and get feedback on your own research during poster-, & meet the professor sessions. In addition you will work in groups on a challenge and be inspired to expand your professional network with other postdocs and PI’s.
- Time & place
- Who can attend?
- Detailed description
- Programme & speakers
- Organisers
- Registration and additional information
TIME & PLACE
Dates: 3-8 November 2019
Venue: Higuerõn Hotel, Malaga, Avenida del Higuerõn 48, 29639 Fuengirola, Spain
WHO CAN ATTEND?
The Winter School addresses postdoctoral fellows and researchers on a postdoctoral level.
Due to the limited number of seats on the course, you are not guaranteed a seat until you receive an e-mail with final confirmation. You will thus initially be placed on a waiting list, which will be prioritised according to your enrolment date.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
The purpose of the DDA Winter School for postdocs is to strengthen the diabetes research community through scientific and professional development of the next generation of postdocs.
During the course, the following topics will be covered:
- Career Paths
- Organ Axes & Crosstalk
- Exercise & Diabetes
- Sex Dimension in Research
- Single Cell Technologies
PROGRAMME & SPEAKERS
Speakers
- Assistant professor, PhD, Lauren Sparks
Postdoctoral fellow, PT, PhD, Giovanna Distefano
- Professor, Head of Department, MD, Fredrik Karpe
- Postdoctoral fellow, PhD, Katherine Pinnick
- Associate Dean of Research, PhD, Deborah Clegg
- Postdoctoral fellow, PhD, Roberta De Souza Santos
- Professor, MD, Jens Juul Holst
- Vice President, Professor, Allan Vaag
- Associate professor, Dr. Richard M. Bracken
- Postdoctoral fellow, Olivia McCarthy
- Chairman of the Board of Directors, DDA, CEO SDCC, Allan Flyvbjerg
- Postdoctoral fellow, Christy Gliniak
- Professor, Dr. Christian Wolfrum
- Head of Department at Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cathrine Ørskov,
- Assistant professor, PhD, Sarah J. Lessard,
- Postdoctoral fellow, PhD, Tara MacDonald
- Assistant Professor, MD, PhD, Paul Cohen,
- Associate professor, Patrick Seale
- Senior Lecturer, Katherine Button
- Professor, Frank Reimann
- Industrial-Organizational Psychology Consultant, Amel Skobalj
- Chief Operating Officer, Gretchen Repasky
ORGANISERS
The Winter School is organised by the Danish Diabetes Academy in collaboration with a Winter School committee consisting of:
- Gretchen Repasky, Chief Operating Officer (Chairwoman)
- Rugivan Sabaratnam, Postdoc
- Andreas Buch Møller, Postdoc
- Jonas Salling Quist, Postdoc
- Kaja Plucinska, Postdoc
- Maria Hauge Pedersen, Postdoc
- Naja Zenius Jespersen, Postdoc
- Sara Lind Jepsen, Postdoc
- Elahu Gosney Sustarsic, Postdoc
REGISTRATION
Registration deadline
2 October 2019
Deadline for submission of abstracts
2 October
Certification
You will receive a certificate for your participation.
No-show fee
Please note that it is free of charge to participate in the course however the DDA will charge a no-show fee of 500 DKK if you have not unregistered from the course prior to course start.