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DZD Meets #dedoc – Diabetes Online Community Perspectives of Patients and Researchers

What drives the young researchers? What do people with diabetes hope from science? These questions will be discussed at the event "DZD trifft #dedoc" moderated by Bastian Hauck, blogger and type 1 diabetes patient, at the stand of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), diabetesDE and the German Diabetes Society (DDG) at the EASD conference, on October 2, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. in Berlin.

Source: EASD

The young scientists and patients can exchange their perspectives on these topics both in plenary sessions and in smaller groups:

"Prevent type 1 diabetes?" with Dr. Carolin Daniel (Helmholtz Zentrum München), "Lifestyle – a key factor for the onset of type 2 diabetes?" with Dr. Meriem Ouni  (DIfE) – expert for "Inherited lifestyle – epigenetic mechanisms!" and Dr. Christine Henke (PLID) – expert for "Is aging a risk factor for type 2 diabetes?", "What is a healthy, balanced diet for diabetes?" with Dr. Stefan Kabisch (DIfE) and "Diabetes related complications".

Participation in the event is free of charge for all conference participants of the EASD Annual Meeting.