12^th World Congress on Diabetes September 29-30, 2016 Toronto, Canada

David C. Thompson received a BSc with Honors and a Phd in Pharmacology from the University of Melbourne. He is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado Denver. He has published more than 50 papers in reputed journals.

He has published more than 50 papers in reputed journals

Louis Kuritzky, MD, is Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health and Family Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville. Dr. Kuritzky received his medical degree at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. His internship was completed at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, and his residency in family practice was completed at Kaiser Hospital in Los Angeles, California.

Widely published, Dr. Kuritzky has contributed to a number of prominent journals in family medicine including Archives of Family Medicine, American Family Physician, The New England Journal of Medicine, Comprehensive Therapy, and Hospital Practice. Among his contributions are articles on management of impotence in primary care and the use of sildenafil for erectile dysfunction (ED). He has also authored audio- and videocassettes pertaining to management of ED. Among his editorial responsibilities, he serves as Associate Editor for The Physician’s Therapeutics & Drug Alert.

Wendy Bibeau hold a doctoral degree in epidemiology earned from the University of Maryland and I have an extensive applied background in biostatistics.

• Develop specific health outcomes research programs for compounds/products across the development and commercialization lifecycle, as appropriate to influence and support appropriate access for compounds across therapeutic areas • Solve difficult health outcomes issues associated with registration, pricing, reimbursement, and access initiatives through appropriate application of disease state knowledge and research methods

Dr. T. Kanda has completed his MD at the age of 24 years from Kanazawa Medical University and postdoctoral studies from Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. He is a generalist working at Kanazawa Medical University Himi Municipal Hospital. He has published more than 200 papers in scientific journals including Circulation Research, JACC, and Lancet. Dr. T. Kanda is a professor of General Medicine and director of Community Medicine at Kanazawa Medical University, Japan. He is a council member of Japan Obesity Association and Japan Society of Internal Medicine. He is a member of Japan Heart Association, Japan Diabetes Association, and Japan Primary Care Association. His current interest is to understand the mechanism of exercise effects on cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome and the role of hippocampus in obese patients. His research fields are Pathology, Cardiology, Laboratory Medicine, and General Medicine

He has published more than 200 papers in scientific journals including Circulation Research, JACC, and Lancet

Dr Shaoping Zhang completed her PhD in 1996 from Stockholm University, Sweden. She is currently a Senior Research Fellow, working at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland. She has more than 20 years’ experience in the field of diabetes research, and has published more than 40 papers in international peer-reviewed journals.

She has more than 20 years’ experience in the field of diabetes research