The 13th UIC Annual Diabetes and Obesity Research Day
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - Live & Online
Intro
The 13th annual University of Illinois Chicago Diabetes and Obesity Research Day will take place on Tuesday, October 14th, 2025 in person and online. Registration (see link) is required for online access.
The focus of this year’s meeting is on “Lifestyle Medicine”. Invited speakers will address new guidelines and criteria for the diagnosis and treatment of obesity, strategies to integrate medical and behavioral approaches to management, nutritional strategies to reduce cardiometabolic risk, including plant-based diets, and research addressing community-based, behavioral and technology-assisted approaches to optimizing metabolic health in pediatric and adult subjects.
Abstracts for poster presentations targeting any area of diabetes and/or obesity research by emerging and established investigators, students and trainees are strongly encouraged and awards will be given for outstanding poster presentations. To be considered for an oral presentation, abstracts should be submitted by midnight, October 8 for full consideration for poster awards (see link for instructions).
Invited Speakers:
Locations:
Oral Presentations: Moss Auditorium, 909 S Wolcott Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Poster Session: Faculty Alumni Lounge, 1819 W Polk St, Chicago, IL 60612
Register for Meeting and Webinar: https://go.uic.edu/DORDRegistration2025
Download Abstract/Poster Instructions: https://go.uic.edu/DORDPosters2025
Questions? Contact Jocelyn Mantakul: mantakul@uic.edu
Schedule:
9:30 – 11:30 AM: Poster Session (Faculty Alumni Lounge, 1819 W Polk St)
11:30-12:00: Break
12:00-1:00 PM: Medical Grand Rounds (Moss Auditorium, Rm 1020 COMRB, 909 S. Wolcott)
Robert Kushner, MD, Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and Director of the Center for Lifestyle Medicine, Northwestern University, “Update on the Science and Practice of Obesity Medicine”
1:00-2:00 PM: Break
2:00-2:45: Short Talks & Poster Awards (Rm 106 CMW)
2:00-2:20: “Update: Sleep and Diabetes” – Sirimon Reutrakul, MD, Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, UIC.
2:20-2:40: Emerging Investigator Award: “Food Is Medicine: Intervention in Black Women with Hypertension and Obesity” – Saria Lofton, PhD, RN, Assist Professor, College of Nursing, UIC.
2:40: Poster Awards
2:45-3:00 PM: Coffee Break
3:00-5:00 PM: Clinical/Translational Session (Rm 106 CMW)
3:00-3:30 PM: “Testing a Stepped-Care Behavioral Treatment Model for Obesity: A SMART Multisite Trial” – Jun Ma, MD, PhD, Professor of Academic Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Associate Head for Research in the Department of Medicine, Director, Center for Health Behavior Research, IHRP, UIC.
3:30-4:00 PM: “Family-based Interventions for Childhood Obesity in Lower-Income Populations” – Brad Appelhans, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Preventive Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush Medical College.
4:00-4:30 PM: “Plant-Based Eating in the Prevention and Treatment of Diabetes” – Hana Kahleova, MD, PhD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Loma Linda University and Director of Clinical Research, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
4:30-5:00 PM: “Cardiovascular Risk, Health Equity and Nutrition” – Kim A Williams, MD, Kentuckiana Endowed Professor of Health Equity, Professor of Medicine and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Louisville.
Special Thank
Special Thank You To Our Partners and Sponsors
College of Nursing
Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition
Department of Medicine
The Center for Clinical and Translational Science
The Chicago Diabetes Research and Training Center
Novo Nordisk