Organization Section

The following were elected to the ProfessionalColetta Ackermann, RN, MEd, Urbana, ILJulian R. Adams, Panama City, FLMaria Alexander-Bridges, MD, PhD, Boston, MAKraison Angsupanich, MD, Lakeport, CADelores M. Baer, RN, FNP, Peoria, ILCordon Blackburn, PhD, Cleveland, OHAlgird J. Blaskevica, DPM, Cleveland, OHJanice M. Boatner, RN, New Orleans, LAMargaret Bochan, RN, Belmont, CATeresa Boland, RN, Orangeburg, SCJonathan David Bortz, MD, St. Louis, MOSusan D. Boulware, MD, New Haven, CTPatricia H. Bowen, Atlanta, CAJudith C. Brown, MS, RD, Norfolk, VALinda R. Brown, Lincoln, NEAnn Burriss, RN, CDE, Charlotte, NCBurton W. Burton, MD, New Brunswick, CanadaJohn B. Buse, MD, PhD, Chicago, ILReginald Butcher, PhD, Houston, TXlain L. O. Buxton, DPh, Reno, NVTerri Cada, Cleveland, OHPaul J. Cahn, MSc, Lake Bluff, ILCandace S. Cain, Wichita, KSMarjorie Caron, RN, CDE, Omaha, NEDebra Chambers, RN, CDE, Memphis, TNChungping Chu, Brooklyn, NYThomas O. Clanton, MD, Houston, TXLori Bias Clark, Keithville, LAMary Ann Codd, MS, Haddonfield, NJTrisha Corirossi, Redondo Beach, CAMaggie Costantini, Princeton, NJSusan S. Cresap, MS, RD, Baton Rouge, LALoraine Cusumano, RN, Fraser, MlWilliam H. Dabdoub, DPM, New Orleans, LAKatherine A. Davis, RD, LD, Columbia, MSMarcia K. Dedmon, BSN, RN, Yeagertown, PAC. Renee Demonbreum, RN, MSN, Nashville, TNMarcia M. Denton, RD, Gilroy, CA

Section as of July 1988:Marie Di Vincenti, RN, EdD, New Orleans, LACatherine A. Dilworth, RN, MSN, Knoxville, TNDorothy DiPaolo, RN, MPH, Nutley, NJBrad Doeden, MD, Minneapolis, MNKathy Egenes, Mountain View, CARoy Epstein, MD, Amherst, MAJulie Ann Clad Evans, RN, Omaha, NERobert A. Everson, PhD, Boulder, COEdmund F. Fallon, Farmingdale, NYBarbara Feverstein, MD, Syracuse, NYMario C. Fiori, MD, Abano Terme, ItalyPaul A. Fitzgerald, MD, San Francisco, CAAndrienne M. Fleckman, MD, New York, NYBarbara J. Fuller, RN, Baldwinsville, NYCraig M. Castwirth, DPM, Detroit, MlDonald W. Gilmore, Anniston, ALKathryn Cizzo, MS, East Hanover, NJAlan H. Green, DPM, Brookline, MADeanna F. Groeneweg, Belleville, MlRichard Groves, DPM, Atlanta, GAArthur Gudeon, DPM, Rego Park, NYJoan T. Harmon, PhD, Bethesda, MDMichael I. Hass, DPM, Brookline, MABarbara J. Hiltscher, RN, CDE, Tyler, TXEmily Holing, RN, MN, CDE, Bellevue, WAGretchen A. Holtz, Lexington, MAAnne Hopton, MA, RD, Louisville, KYChristina Hutton, Middleton, CTJeffrey Richardson Inniss, DPM, Alexandria, VASusan Darlene Iverson, Las Vegas, NVJohn M. Jackson, MD, Eufaula, ALDiane Jette, PT, Arlington, MACarol Johnson, Ambler, PACatherine Voiding Jones, San Antonio, TXCaroline Joyce, Bangor, MEJames W. Judge, MD, Coatesville, PAVijay K. Kalra, PhD, Los Angeles, CAFrank N. Kanatani, MPH, Carville, LA

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Giraldo Kato, MD, MPH, Miami, FLLynda L. Kendall, MSN, Great Falls, MTThomas Earl Kirk, MD, Manhattan, KSDavid R. Kirlin, DPM, Gastonia, NCJames J. Knittel, PhD, Cincinnati, OHMery Kostianovsky, MD, Philadelphia, PAMark Krystal, PhD, New York, NYBeila Simon Kunis, MS, RD, Chicago, ILMohsen Lachaal, MD, Buffalo, NYEileen W. Landon, RN, Norton, MAAntoinette J. Laverty, Miami, FLPhilip R. Layne, DPM, Sandwich, MATian-Shing Lee, MD, Boston, MAKay L. Leigh, RD, LD, Guthrie, OKJack L. Lesher, Jr., MD, Augusta, GASteven Long, MD, Orange, CAJulie A. Lundvick, RN, Peoria, ILJeffrey K. Luttrull, MD, Ventura, CANancy E. MacFarland, Steamboat Springs, COSally M. Mackin, Opelika, ALMary E. Macy, RN, BSN, CDE, N. Las Vegas, NVKaren A. Marks, RN, BSN, Baton Rouge, LAWilliam D. McDonald, DPM, Stockton, CAMarcia McDuffie, MD, Denver, COThomas F. McGillicuddy, Boston, MAJacqueline A. McNolly, EdD, New Orleans, LAVictor Meding, PhD, Brooklyn, NYDavid T. Melican, Worcester, MACindy L. Mervis, Logan, UTMark F. Miller, DPM, Bakersfield, CATeresa Ann Miller, RN, Connersville, INLinda J. Million, RN, CDE, Charlotte, NCJoan Morgan, RN, Thornwood, NYGalen Z. Morris, Salina, KSJoan Morse, RN, MSN, Gulfbreeze, FLNeal L. Muhilly, Columbia, MDGary Mulder, DPM, Denver, COLeo de Natale, Jr., OD, Belmont, MAEdgard Nau, DPM, Chicago, ILSylvia Navin, Kenosha, WlJulia M. Newman, El Paso, TXSato Noriyuki, MD, Portland, ORKathleen G. O'Brien, San Francisco, CARichard D. Odom, DPM, San Antonio, TXLucretia E. O'Neal, BSN, RNC, Ocean Spring, MSSteven L. Padget, Raytown, MODorothy R. Paquette, RD, Hollis, NHSusan M. Patton, RN, South Lyon, MlKlaus R. Piwernetz, MDJolene Powell, RN, Poplar Bluff, MOKaren M. Reiser, MD, Davis, CAJuliann Rich, RN, S. Weber, UTGerald Ridge, MD, Bronxville, NYMarsha R. Rosner, PhD, Chicago, ILTerese M. Schmidt, Cincinnati, OHJudith M. Schultz, San Francisco, CAMartin T. Sechrist, DO, Huntington Park, CAGreg L. Sellman, Kirkland, WAMelvin Sharoky, MD, Baltimore, MDKenneth Allan Sharpe, MD, Mt. Pleasant, SCJudith S. Shell, CDE, Lodi, OHSteven E. Shoelson, PhD, MD, Boston, MAKenneth A. Skau, PhD, Cincinnati, OHLuAnn L. Soliah, PhD, Waco, TX

Charles E. Sparks, MD, Rochester, NYJanet D. Sparks, PhD, Rochester, NYClaudia Speyner, Opelousas, LALisa A. Stansbury, RD, Shreveport, LARobert F. Starosta, Maple Grove, MNMarcia C. Statt, RN, Rochester, NYTil A. Symonies, EdD, Belleville, NJGerald J. Taborsky, Jr., PhD, Seattle, WAKaren D. Talmadge, PhD, Mountain View, CAJon J. Tanja, Auburn, ALElizabeth Taylor, Waltham, MAJayanti K. Thakkar, PhD, Greenville, NCBlaine Thompson, Fresno, CAAnne W. Toothaker, RN, Boise, IDNick L. Villatuya, MD, Westmont, ILSylvia Marite Virbulis, DPM, Columbia, SCStephen C. Wagers, DPM, San Diego, CAMarvin Haske Waldman, DPM, Allen Park, MlMichael David Walinsky, DPM, Bala Cynwyd, PAEdward Walters, EdD, Mobile, ALSteven J. Watson, DPM, Slidell, LALaura Weaver, RN, Omaha, NESamuel Wentworth, MD, Danville, INSteven B. Whittaker, Indianapolis, INBarbara Widom, MD, Boston, MAL. William Witherspoon, Fort Polk, LATrudy Jane Yost, RN, Denver, CO

ADA FUTURE MEETINGS

36th Postgraduate Course: 20-22 January 1989, Loew's An-atole Hotel, Dallas, Texas.

49th Annual Meeting: 1-6 June 1989, Detroit, Michigan.

PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOP FOR DIABETESEDUCATORS

The Middle Tennessee Diabetes Educators Group of the ADATennessee Affiliate is sponsoring a daylong workshop 22 Sep-tember 1988 at the Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, Ten-nessee. Current advances in the treatment of diabetes withapplications to inpatient and outpatient settings will be pre-sented. CEU credit will be offered. For more information, con-tact the ADA Tennessee Affiliate, Suite 403, 1701 21stAvenueS., Nashville, TN 37212. Tel.: (615) 298-9919.

PHYSICIANS TEACHING DAY

The ADA New York Upstate Affiliate's Sixth PhysiciansTeaching Day, "Diabetes: Emerging Concepts and Chal-lenges," will be held 22 September 1988 at the RochesterHilton, Rochester, New York. Credit is available. For infor-mation, contact Sylvia Hough at the ADA New York UpstateAffiliate, P.O. Box 1037, Syracuse, NY 13201. Tel.: (315) 735-0591.

DIABETES EDUCATION UPDATE

The ADA Kansas Affiliate; the Center for Continuing HealthEducation, College of Health Professionals, Wichita State Uni-versity; the University of Kansas Regional Diabetes Center atWichita; and the Diabetes Treatment Center at St. Joseph Med-

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ical Center will hold their annual Diabetes Education Updatefor nurses and dietitians 26-30 September (workshop) and 3-7 October (practicum) 1988. To receive a brochure, contactCharlotte Howard at (316) 689-3346 or Carolyn Herl at (316)684-6091.

NEW HORIZONS IN DIABETES COMPLICATIONS

The ADA Texas Affiliate will host "New Horizons in Dia-betic Complications" 30 September to 1 October 1988 at theFour Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas. The symposium will dealwith microvascular complications and is geared to primary-care physicians and allied health professionals. Featured fac-ulty are Drs. Daniel W. Foster, Ralph DeFronzo, and MarvinLevin. For further information, contact Jeff Fogel, Program Di-rector, American Diabetes Association Texas Affiliate, 8140N. Mopac, Bldg. 1, Suite 130, Austin, TX 78759. Tel.: (512)343-6981.

CURRENT ISSUES IN NUTRITION ANDMETABOLISM

The symposium "Current Issues in Nutrition and Metabo-lism," sponsored by the ADA's Council on Nutritional Sci-ences and Metabolism, will be held 6-8 October 1988 at theHoliday Inn-Financial District in San Francisco, California.Topics to be covered by invited lecturers include: factors af-fecting postmeal plasma glucose response, carbohydrate con-tent of the diabetic diet, obesity and weight maintenance, dietand renal disease, and hypertension. For information, writeNutrition Symposium, Scientific and Medical Affairs Division,American Diabetes Association, 1660 Duke Street, Alexan-dria, VA 22314.

DIABETES COMPLICATIONS

The ADA Michigan Affiliate, the University of MichiganMedical School, and the Michigan Diabetes Research andTraining Center are cosponsoring "The Dilemma of the Com-plications of Diabetes," a course to be held 17-18 October1988 at the Towsley Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is de-signed for health-care professionals who are interested in newstrategies in the care, treatment, and education of the diabeticpatient. Credit is available. For further information, contactCayle Fox, Program Assistant, Office of Continuing MedicalEducation, Towsley Center, Box 0201, University of MichiganMedical School, Ann Arbor, Ml 48109-0201. Tel.: (312) 763-1400.

DIABETIC FOOT DISORDERS

The American Diabetes Association and the PrescriptionFootwear Association are cosponsoring a symposium titled"Pedorthic Management of Diabetic Foot Disorders" on 23-24 October 1988 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC.Experts in foot anatomy, biomechanics, diabetic foot care, andfootwear modification will give presentations; Dr. Marvin Levinwill be the keynote speaker. The symposium format will beseminars, workshops, and technical exhibits. For further in-formation contact the Prescription Footwear Association, 9861Broken Land Parkway, Columbia, MD 21046. Tel.: (301) 381-7278.

11th INTERNATIONAL DIABETES CAMPING ANDYOUTH SERVICES CONFERENCE

ADA will sponsor the 11th International Diabetes Campingand Youth Services Conference for professionals who staff di-abetes resident and day camps at the Oglebay Resort inWheeling, West Virginia, 28-31 October 1988. Located 50miles outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Oglebay is one of thelargest municipal facilities in the U.S. Golf, swimming, tennis,and horseback riding are among its outstanding features. Theprimary objective of the 3'/2-day conference is to present newideas about areas of concern to camp professionals. Topicswill include new tools for diabetes management, operationalskills for camp management, program update, expansion ofexisting camp programs, and methods for handling psycho-social issues. Specific registration information is available. Fordetails contact Rebecca Mambert, American Diabetes Asso-ciation, 1660 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. Tel.: 1-800-232-3472.

NEW FRONTIERS IN DIABETES

The ADA North Dakota Affiliate will sponsor the 13th An-nual Diabetes Symposium titled "New Frontiers in Medicine."The symposium will be held 4 November 1988 at the HolidayInn, Fargo, North Dakota.

Topics scheduled for the symposium include "Pancreas andp-cell transplantation" presented by R. Paul Robertson, MD,University of Minnesota, and "Diabetes as an autoimmunedisease" presented by John Dupre, FRCP, Professor of Medi-cine, University Hospital, London, Ontario. Other areas fordiscussion include women's issues in diabetes, current trendsin the management of type II diabetes, and family issues indiabetes.

For more information contact Mary Ann Keller, RN, MS,CDE, Executive Director, ADA North Dakota Affiliate, Box234, Grand Forks, ND 58206-0234. Tel.: (701) 746-4427.

DIABETES UPDATE

The University of Texas Medical Branch, Office of Contin-uing Education, will sponsor Diabetes Update on 10-12 No-vember 1988 at The San Luis Hotel, Galveston, Texas. Theregistration fee is $200 for physicians and $100 for otherprofessionals. The program offers 14 hours of AMA category1 credit and 1.4 CEUs and is cosponsored by ADA TexasAffiliate. For further information, contact Martha Berlin, Pro-gram Coordinator, Office of Continuing Education J-34, TheUniversity of Texas Medical Branch, 3.324 The William C.Levin Hall, Galveston, TX 77550-2782. Tel.: (409) 761-2934.

THE MAILLARD REACTION IN DIABETES

The NIH conference "The Maillard Reaction in Aging, Di-abetes, and Nutrition" will be held 22-23 September 1988 atthe National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. For moreinformation, contact Dr. Vincent Monnier, Department of Pa-thology, Case-Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH44106. Tel.: (216) 368-6613.

COMPUTERS IN DIABETES MANAGEMENT

A workshop titled "Computers in Diabetes Management"will be held 24-25 September 1988 in Toronto, Ontario. For

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more information, contact Debra Edwards at the BiomedicalResearch Division, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 Uni-versity Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada MSG 1X8. Tel.:(416) 597-6414.

IV WORLD CONGRESS ON DIABETES IN THETROPICS AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

The IV World Congress on Diabetes in the Tropics and De-veloping Countries will be held 15-16 November 1988 inDhaka, Bangladesh. The Congress precedes the InternationalDiabetes Federation Congress, which will be held 20-25 No-vember 1988 in Sydney, Australia. For further information,contact the Congress Secretariat, Diabetic Association ofBangladesh, Shahbag Avenue, Dhaka 2, Bangladesh. Tel.:400006-10. Telex: 642442 BPL BJ.

INTERNATIONAL DIABETES FEDERATIONCONGRESS

The 13th International Diabetes Federation Congress will beheld 20-25 November 1988 in Sydney, Australia. Addressinquiries to the Congress Secretariat, Prof. J. Turtle, Depart-ment of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006,Australia. Tel.: (02) 516-7073. Telex: AA26169 UNISYD.

TRAVEL PROGRAM FOR IDF CONGRESS

ADA has made arrangements for low-cost travel and touringfrom the United States to the 1988 IDF Congress in Sydney,Australia. For information, write to US-IDF Congress TravelProgram, American Diabetes Association, 1660 Duke Street,Alexandria, VA 22314.

ENDOTHELIAL CELL FUNCTION IN DIABETICMICROANGIOPATHY

The symposium "Endothelial Cell Function in Diabetic Mi-croangiopathy: Problems in Methodology and Clinical As-pects" will be held 27-29 November 1988 in Melbourne,Australia, as a satellite event to the 13th Congress of the In-ternational Diabetes Federation. For more information contactDr. Massimo Porta, Clinica Medica B, Universita di Torino,Corso Polonia 14, 1-10126 Turin, Italy.

3RD INTERNATIONAL DIABETES CONFERENCE

The 3rd International Diabetes Conference on Tissue-Spe-cific Metabolic Alterations in Diabetes will be held 23-25February 1989 in Florence, Italy. The conference will includeinvited lectures and several short communications, both oraland poster. The proceedings will be published by S. Karger,Basel. The scientific organizers of the conference are F. Belf-iore, Catania, and G. M. Molinatti, Turin. Manuscripts of shortcommunications (original plus 5 copies, 4 double-spacedtypewritten pages with all items included) should be post-marked no later than 15 November 1988. Manuscripts shouldbe sent via air mail with the registration fee (U.S. $150) to theScientific Secretariat, 3rd International Diabetes Conference,c/o Boehringer-Biochemia-Robin, Via S. Ugguzzone, 5, 20126Milan, Italy.

2 N D EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

The 2nd European Congress of Endocrinology will be held1-6 July 1990 in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. For further informa-tion, contact the Secretariat, Kompas Jugoslavia, CongressDepartment, Prazakova 4, 61000 Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. Tel.:061-319-445. Telex: 31209. Fax: 061-319888.

AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION RESEARCHGRANTS AND AWARDS FOR 1 9 8 8 - 8 9

Medical Student Research Fellowship Program. Funds, upto $25,000/yr for 5 years, are awarded to accredited U.S.medical schools to support the training of a minimum of 5medical students/year. Participating students must be U.S. cit-izens or permanent residents in good standing in an accreditedU.S. medical school and must have completed at least 1 yearof medical school. Application deadline is 76 September 1988for 1 January 1989 funding.

Mentor-Based Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Awards inthe amount of $30,000/yr for 3 years are given to support apostdoctoral fellow working with an established diabetes in-vestigator. The investigator must be a U.S. citizen or perma-nent resident and hold an appointment at a U.S. researchinstitution. The fellow must have an MD or PhD degree, nomore than 3 years of postdoctoral research experience, andcannot serve an internship or residency during the award pe-riod. Application deadline is 14 October 1988 for 1 July 1989funding.

Research and Development Awards. These awards providea maximum of $65,000/yr for 3 years to support young in-vestigators with 2-5 years of postdoctoral research experi-ence. The funds are to be divided between salary (restrictedto a maximum of $40,000/yr) and other grant support (re-stricted to a maximum of $35,000/yr). Applicants must beU.S. citizens or permanent residents and hold independentfaculty positions at U.S. university-affiliated institutions. Ap-plication deadlines are 5 August 1988 for 1 January 1989 fund-ing and 3 February 1989 for 1 July 1989 funding.

Feasibility Crants. These grants provide up to $40,000/yrfor 2 years for new and innovative diabetes research. Thefunds are to be used for equipment, supplies, and salary fortechnical assistance. Established diabetes investigators mustpropose marked departures from current research. Investiga-tors in other fields are encouraged to apply their expertise todiabetes research. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or per-manent residents and be members of U.S. university-affiliatedinstitutions. Application deadlines are 5 August 1988 for 1January 1989 funding and 3 February 1989 for 1 July 1989funding.

Lions Clubs International Clinical Research Program in Di-abetic Eye Disease. This program supports clinical or appliedresearch in diabetic retinopathy in the U.S. and abroad. Awardsup to $40,000/yr for 2 years will be given to support newtreatment regimens, epidemiology, and translation research.In addition, training grants and grants for equipment will beconsidered. Application deadline is 3 February 1989 for 1 July1989 funding.

Clinical Research Grant Program. Grants of up to $50,000/yr are provided for 3 years for studies that directly involvehumans. In vitro research on human blood or tissue samples

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to measure effects of environmentally induced (e.g., diet, drugs) appointments at U.S. university-affiliated institutions. Appli-changes qualifies as clinical research under this program; sim- cation deadline is 3 February 1989 for 1 July 1989 funding,ply using human tissues for laboratory research does not qual- Application forms for all programs are available by contactingify. The funds may be used for equipment, supplies and/or the American Diabetes Association National Service Center,salary (excluding principal investigator's salary). Applicants must Division of Scientific and Medical Affairs, 1660 Duke Street,be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and hold faculty level Alexandria, VA 22314. Tel.: (703) 549-1500.

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