May 22, 2018

Piatt Presents at the ADA's Scientific Sessions

Gretchen Piatt, MPH, PhD to present at the upcoming American Diabetes Association's 78th Scientific Sessions meeting in Orlando, Florida.  

Her talk entitled, The Uptake of Behavioral Diabetes Research into Routine Healthcare will be part of the noon session on June 24, Moving Past the Randomized Controlled Trial - Understanding the Need for Implementation Science in Diabetes Care. A Department of Learning Health Sciences contingent will also participate in the poster session on June 25th from 12pm to 1pm:

Poster: Piatt GA, Ye W, Kuo S, Sinco B, Spencer M, Palmisano G, Kieffer E, “Cost-Effectiveness of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support in the Community—Projections from a Randomized Controlled Trial”

Poster: Koscielniak NJ, Funnell MM, Nwankwo R, Janevic M, Piatt GA, “Building Infrastructure for Diabetes Self-Management Support in Church-Based Settings: Results of a month Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial”

From the ADA's website:  "The Scientific Sessions offers researchers and health care professionals an amazing opportunity to share ideas and learn about the significant advances in diabetes research, treatment, and care. Over the course of five days, attendees will receive exclusive access to more than 2,800 original research presentations, take part in provocative and engaging exchanges with leading diabetes experts, and expand professional networks with nearly 13,000 professional attendees from around the world."