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approved grants for up to 5 years, pro- for major illnesses will decrease health- ments on diabetes and the alert. All cov- viding about $2.4 million in the first care costs in the future. erage focused on the fear of diabetes, year. These grants will support research In addition to the recommenda- value of early detection, and available aimed at identifying the gene for non- tions for federal funding, ADA plans to treatment and services. insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. provide more than $8 million for ADA- On ABC's "Good Morning Amer- ADA is also advocating a $60 sponsored diabetes research projects na- ica" Dr. Pi-Sunyer explained what diabe- million increase in funds for CDC's Di- tionwide in FY 1994. Over the next few tes is, its subtle beginnings, and the vision of Diabetes Translation for FY years, ADA intends to increase the per- course of the disease. He noted that ADA 1994, which would be a much needed centage of money spent on research from "is keen on having diabetes diagnosed increase from the current $9.5 million the current 15% of its annual budget to early...because this will help stop the rav- annual budget. The division has led a 25%. The hope is that by investing in ages of the disease." national effort to translate diabetes re- research and programs for those with ADA's Senior Vice President, Pa- search findings into clinical and public diabetes—and asking Congress to do the tricia Stenger, RN, CDE, was interviewed health practice through diabetes control same—more money and lives will be on NBC's "Saturday Today" by Scott Si- programs. saved. mon, who has insulin-dependent diabe- In 1977, CDC began implement- —SLR tes mellitus (IDDM). Stenger addressed ing these state-based programs, which the fear-of-diagnosis issue. She aptly pointed out that "not knowing you have focus on treating and preventing diabetic diabetes and not knowing how to take complications— particularly diabetic ret- care of it is far more dangerous than the inopathy and lower-extremity amputa- Diabetes Alert Reaches disease itself." tions—as well as reducing the incidence Millions Dr. Michael Bush, president of of diabetes. The emphasis has been on the Los Angeles Chapter of ADA, and working within a community setting to Millions of Americans were reached Tom Parks, a comedian who has IDDM, develop strategies to deal with diabetes through national media coverage of the were interviewed on "CNN Morning and its complications. Funding for these American Diabetes Association's (ADA) News." Dr. Bush spoke not only about programs has not been increased since seventh annual Diabetes Alert Day in the alert, but about promising research 1985, and consequently, only 26 states March and through the efforts of ADA initiatives for preventing the develop- have been awarded grants for diabetes affiliates nationwide. The Alert Day is a ment of diabetes and the possibilities for control programs. public awareness program designed to a cure as well. Tom Parks talked about According to Ann Gordon of educate people about the symptoms and dealing with diabetes on a personal level ADA's Government Relations Depart- risks of diabetes, and search out people and the importance of support systems, ment, "real opportunities now exist to who have diabetes but are undiagnosed. such as family and friends. reduce the diabetes burden. CDC should Approximately 7 million Ameri- "CBS This Morning" correspon- be supporting...diabetes programs in ev- cans have diabetes but are unaware of it. dent Bob Arnot did a lengthy segment on ery state and territory. Without addi- "The results can be tragic," said ADA diabetes and talked in detail about the tional resources, however, opportunities President Dr. F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer in a diabetes-risk test. Arnot stressed the ad- to reduce the nation's diabetes burden television interview the day of the Alert. vantage of knowing whether you are at are being missed." "The Diabetes Alert is our 1-day call to high risk for developing diabetes because More than 20 organizations, in- action to all Americans to get tested." measures can be taken to delay or possi- cluding the American Association of Di- The test, a diabetes-risk question- bly prevent onset. abetes Educators, the American College naire, asks questions designed to deter- The telecast messages were ac- of Physicians, the American Public mine whether you have a family history companied by the active distribution of Health Association, and the National of diabetes, are a member of a high-risk diabetes-risk tests by ADA affiliates, who Medical Association, have signed on to group, or have any symptoms of diabe- used some innovative strategies. In sev- these recommendations. Recent polls tes. The test often serves as a method of eral states, tests were distributed as tray also corroborate ADA's belief that more early detection. It encourages those with liners. In Maine and New York, over money should be spent on research and high scores and all pregnant women to 100,000 diabetes-risk test tray liners programs, indicating that 91% of Amer- see a medical doctor for a blood glucose were given out to corporations, hospi- icans favor increased spending for med- test. tals, Meals-On-Wheels programs, and ical research, and 76% believe that Four major networks—ABC, restaurants—even McDonald's. spending money now on finding cures NBC, CBS, and CNN—featured seg- In an effort to reach the African-

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American community, A DA's New York SHERI R. COLBERG, BA, PHD, YONG K. KIM, MD, PHD, PUSAN, KOREA Downstate Affiliate sponsored a "Church PITTSBURGH, PA GREGORY P. KOCHUK, ETOBICOKE, Alert" that targeted 200 African-Ameri- MANDI D. CONWAY, MD, NEW ORLEANS, ONTARIO, CANADA can churches and encouraged them to LA YEE K. LAI, RN, TOA PAYOH, SINGAPORE RICHARD H. CROUCH, MD, MURRAY, KY KWAN-WOO LEE, MD, SEOUL, KOREA print the diabetes-risk test in their bulle- DAVID L. DALEKE, BS, PHD, MYRA A. LIPES, MD, BOSTON, MA tins the week of the alert. BLOOMINGTON, IN MICHAEL MALAMAS, PHD, PRINCETON, NJ Volunteers from A DA's Washing- BERNICE M. DE BOER, BSN, MENOMONEE MOHAN MALLAM, MD, MBBS, BARSTOW, ton, DC, Affiliate, in an initiative spon- FALLS, WI CA sored by Amtrak, handed out diabetes- MARY K. DEHERRERA, BS, MD, OAK ANN-MAY B. MANLEY, MS, RD, risk tests to train passengers. Next year PARK, IL WYCKOFF, NJ MARY L. DIAMOND, BS, MS, PALATINE, KAREN H. MCAVOY, BSN, MSN, OLD Amtrak, with the help of ADA volun- IL SAYBROOK, CT teers, plans to do this in stations all along KAREN DICKENS, RN, CDE, TYLER, TX MARY R. MCBRIDE, RN, CDE, BSN, the east coast. BETTY C. DYCK, BSN, MA, PALO ALTO, MUNCIE, IN For those concerned about the CA RAMA NATARAJAN, PHD, DUARTE, CA JONATHAN EHRENWURTH, PHD, results of their tests or with general ques- NIALL OMEARA, MD BROOKLINE, MA MARY E. PATTI, MD, NEWTON CENTER, tions about diabetes, hotlines were set up TIMOTHY C. EVANS, BS, MD, PHD, MA at ADA's National Center and at several SEATTLE, WA VINCENT P. PERNS, DPM, CHICAGO, IL affiliates. These phone lines were JANET FAWCETT, PHD, PALO ALTO, CA SUSAN J. PERRY, PHD, CDE, ESPANO manned by a combination of ADA staff SHARON B. GARBUS, BS, FORT LEE, NJ LANE, NM and volunteers. On the day of the alert, NADIA N. GHANNAM, MB, CHB, RIYADH, GHULAM P. PEYMAN, MD, NEW ORLEANS, SAUDI ARABIA LA the offices of ADA's New York Down- LINDA A. GLASER, MD, PHD, LOS OLGA RAMOS, MD, BUENOS AIRES, state Affiliate received more than 1500 ANGELES, CA ARGENTINA M. MARTIA GLASS, MD, MPH, calls. PAUL M. REBER, DO, MADISON, WI FARMINGTON, NM ADA was excited over the num- DARRELL L. REIBER, DO, YUBA CITY, CA JENNIE GODKIN, AB, BSN, BEAUMONT, LEEB REINHARD, MD, VIENNA, AUSTRIA ber of people who participated on Alert TX AMELEN REYES, BSN, PASSAIC, NJ Day. Making people aware of diabetes ALLISON B. GOLDFINE, MD, BOSTON, SONIA J. RHODES, BS, THOMPSON and its warning signs is essential, and the MA STATION, TN alert is an effective way. JEROLD S. GOLDSTEIN, DPM, FORT CAROL D. RODGERS, PHD, EAST LANSING, MYERS, FL —SLR MI KAREN V. GONZALEZ, BS, PHD, MADELEINE ROHAC, MD, VIENNA, MANHATTAN, KS WULF GROBIN, MD, TORONTO, ONTARIO, AUSTRIA CANADA MONIQUE P. ROOT, BA, OD, NORTH The following were PAUL H. GULLEY, MD, ELKIN, NC KINGSTOWN, RI MARIA D. GUTIERREZ, BI, MADRID, SPAIN OTTO P. RORSTAD, MD, PHD, CALGARY, elected to the ROSANNE HOLTZMAN, BS, MS, GARDEN ALBERTA CITY, NY KAREN RUBIN, BS, MS, HOLLYWOOD, FL Professional Section as THOMAS J. HOWARD, MD, INDIANAPOLIS, LORRAINE SCHAFER, PHD, MARSHFIELD, IN WI BREND R. HSU, MD, PHD, TAIWAN, ELINOR R. SCHOENFELD, MS, PHD, of March 1993: R.O.C. STONYBROOK, NY CELINE HUOT, MD, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, ZAHRA SHAHIDI, MD, BETHESDA, MD CANADA JEFFREY SIEGEL, DPM, SAN JOSE, CA HASAN M. ILKOVA, MD, ISTANBUL, MOKSHAGUNDAM SRIPRAKASH, MD, JAMES E. BANTA, MD, MPH, TURKEY LOUISVILLE, KY WASHINGTON, DC MASANORI INAMASU, MS, SAITAMA, JAPAN ELIZABETH STAHL, MD, BIRMINGHAM, AL RICHARD BELHUMEUR, OD, WARWICK, RI FATEMAJAWAD, MD, KARACH, PAKISTAN KELLY A. SWEENEY, BS, PENNSAUKEN, NJ RICHARD C. BENNETT, RICKTON PARK, IL GEORGE JUANG, AB, MD, CHICAGO, IL YASUHIRO TAHARA, PHD, AKASHI, JAPAN JANET S. CALHOUN, BS, CDE, STEVO JULIUS, MD, ScD, ANN ARBOR, YVONNE TAUL, BS, MOUNT STERLING, NASHVILLE, TN MI KENTUCKY KAREN M. CHARLEBOIS, AS, RN, JONATHAN D. KAPLAN, BS, OD, ANTIGONA TOMOVICI, MD, ETOBICOKE, THOUSAND OAKS, CA PAWTUCKET, RI ONTARIO, CANADA GUILLAUME CHARPENTIER, MD, CORBEIL, KAREN KASNETZ, MS, BS, SOMERVILLE, JUHA A. TUOMINEN, MD, HELSINKI, FRANCE NJ FINLAND XINHUA CHEN, MD, MS, PHILADELPHIA, SAKA A. KAZEEM, MD, BROOKLYN, NY MARIE-CHRISTINE TURNIN, TOULOUSE, PA JENNIFER A. KELLY, AA, FARMINGTON FRANCE SUSAN CHRISTIE, LPN, MILWAUKEE, WI HILLS, MI JUANITA TYSON, ADN, BUCKHEAD, GA

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MASAHIKO WADA, MD, OSAKA CITY, patient and counseling, mi- nia 94709. Tel: 510-642-1616; Fax: JAPAN croprocessors for automating aspects of 510-843-0747. GORDEN G. WELLER, BS, DPM, clinic management, automated data cap- ROCHESTER, MN LAURA WHEELER, BS, MPH, ture in research protocols, and the im- 2nd International Conference on HAWTHORNE, CA pact of information systems on psycho- and EDWARD K. YOUNG, LAS VEGAS, NV social issues, conventional clinical 20-24 June 1993 practice, income, professional medico- Jerusalem, Israel legal liabilities, cost-containment poten- Sponsors: Israel Society for Adolescent ADA Events tial, and universal diabetes care stan- Health and the Israel Rehabilition Soci- dardization. ety; Rehabilitation International, Interna- Conditions: Contributed abstracts are tional Association for Persons with Se- 53rd Annual Meeting: 12-15 June invited. Registration will be limited. vere Handicaps, and the European 1993, Las Vegas Convention Center, Contact: Professor A.M. Albisser, Secre- Society of Social Pediatrics in coopera- Las Vegas, NV. tariat, c/o Diabetes Program, 52 Wen- tion with the Disability Unit, United Na- Prevention of Diabetes and Its Compli- dover Road, Toronto, Ontario, M8X 2L3 tions Center, Vienna, Austria Topics include: Special problems of ad- cations: 5 November 1993, Sheraton Canada. Tel: 416-231-2195; Fax: 416- Inn, Minot, ND. olescents with physial, sensory, metal, or 239-9702. Contact: Linda Cann, ADA, 1660 Duke emotional disability; coping with chronic Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. Tel: 703- illness in ; role of special ed- Consensus Development Conference 549-1500, x281 orx212. ucation; preparation for work, vocational and Workshop: Multipurpose Diabe- training, and rehabilitation; independent tes Registries: Innovation in Research living and social integration; family dy- and Practice namics; community programs; the 19-21, June 1993 Other Events chronically ill young persons; sports and Berkeley, California recreation; and involvement of youth in Location: University of California at Ber- voluntary work with disabled persons. Effective Patient Teaching keley, Foothill Conference Center 2-4 June 1993 Deadline: 1 March 1993 for submission Sponsorship: U.S. Public Health Ser- of abstracts. Nashville, TN vice, Agency for Health Care Policy and Contact: Orta Ltd, 2 Kaufman Street, Topics include: Patient teaching and ad- Research; U.C. Berkeley School of Public P.O. Box 50432, Tel Aviv 61500, Israel. herence promotion skills. Health, Maternal and Health Pro- Fee: $300.00. Self-study format $170.00 Tel: 972-3-664825; Fax: 972-3- gram; World Health Organization Multi- per 15 h course or $75.00 per 5-6 h 660952. national Project for Childhood Diabetes; package. California Public Health Foundation. Contact: Elaine J. Boswell, Vanderbilt 2nd European Forum on Adolescent Topics include: The status of registry Diabetes Research and Training Center, Health science; application of registry science to 315 Medical Arts Building, 1211 21st 20-24 June 1993 diabetes control; appropriate manage- Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37232- Jerusalem, Israel ment of data within diabetes registries; 2230. Sponsors: Israel Society for Adolescent lessons from existing registries for diabe- Health and the Israel Rehabilitation So- tes and other diseases; development and 2nd Toronto Workshop on Computers ciety; Rehabilitation International; Inter- dissemination of public policy recom- and Computer Programs in Diabetes national Association for Persons with Se- mendations; case identification methods, Care vere Handicaps, and the European existing data sources, and long-term 9-10 June 1993 Society of Social Pediatrics; Disability funding; international, federal, state, and Toronto, Canada Unit, United Nations Center, Vienna, local perspectives on the use of registry Topics include: Computer software and Austria. data; diabetes registration for interven- telecommunications hardware with dia- Topics include: Growth and develop- tion in special populations, including betes applications, care enhancement ment in adolescence, sexual health of women and children, minority groups, through remote (i.e., network) comput- adolescents in Europe, eating disorders, and at-risk family members. er-assisted patient management, insulin and substance abuse. Contact: Center for Research on Wom- or tablet decision-making, computer col- Deadline: 1 March 1993 for submission en's and Children's Health, 1683 Shat- lected and/or interpreted self-blood glu- of abstracts. tuck Avenue, Suite B, Berkeley, Califor- cosemonitored data, computer-assisted Contact: Orta Ltd., 2 Kaufman Street,

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P.O. Box 50432, Tel Aviv 61500, Israel. Sponsorship: Diabetes and Nutrition Immunotherapy Group and the Euro- Tel: 972-3-664285; Fax: 972-3- Study Group of the European Associa- pean Association for the Study of Diabe- 660952. tion for the Study of Diabetes. tes. Topics include: Environmental factors Topics include: Autoimmunity and new 5 th Postgraduate Course of Endocri- and diabetes (nitrosamines, etc.), volatile therapeutic approaches, strategy for pre- nology and 2nd International Sympo- short-chain fatty acids, epidemiology vention, and immunology. Abstracts are sium on Hypertension and nutritional surveys, and implement- invited. 24-26 June 1993 ing the dietary guidelines. Contact: Dr. Hasan Ilkova, Turkish Di- Granja, Portugal Contact: Dr. Michael EJ. Lean, Royal abetes Association. Tel: 90-1-529-9947; Location: Hotel Solverde Infirmary, Queen Elizabeth Building, Al- Fax: 90-1-530-6891. Deadline: 31 March 1993 for all lecture exandria Parade, GB-Glasgow G12 2ER, and communication submissions. United Kingdom. Fax: 41-304-4844. International Congress on Obesity Contact: Dr. lgnacio Salcedo, Servicio de Or Dr. B. Karamanos, Secretary of the Management Endocrinologia, Symposium 93, Hospi- DNSG, Diabetes Center, Vas.Sofias 114, 19-22 September 1993 tal Geral de Santo Antonio, 4000 Porto, Athens 115 27, Greece. Tel: 01-777- Antwerp, Belgium Portugal. Tel: 200-25-41/20073 54, 5605; Fax: 01-770-6871. Location: Antwerp University x3091-2-3; Fax: 02-032-03-18. Sponsorship: Ministry of Health of the 19th Annual Meeting of the Interna- Flemish government, Eurocheque, 4th International Congress on Pan- tional Study Group of Diabetes in Quorn, Howard Foundation, Weight creas and Islet Transplantation Children and Adolescents Watchers, Coca Cola. 27-30 June 1993 2-6 September 1993 Topics include: Safety and efficacy in Amsterdam, The Netherlands On board the cruise ship Neptune in obesity treatment; evaluating health Topics include: Pancreas and islet trans- the Aegean Sea risks, management, and appetite control plantation, current developments in the Contact: Dr. C. Bartsocas, Department (with a satiety index as a prime innova- early diagnosis of diabetes, and future of Pediatrics, P & A Kyriakou Children's tion); obesity in children; psychological approaches in prevention and treatment. Hospital, GR-11527 Athens, Greece. facets; and effects of exercise. Contact: Tineke S. Roorda, Scientific Fax: 30-1-7796461. Conditions: Simultaneous translation Secretariat ICPIT 93, Department of Sur- into Dutch, French, and German. gery, University Hospital Groningen, 3rd International Symposium on Dia- Contact: Obesitas, vzw, secretariaat P.O. Box 30-001, 9799 RB Groningen, betes and Atherosclerosis Bunderbeeklaan 19, B-2950, Kapellen, The Netherlands. Tel: 31-50-612301; 4-6 September 1993 Belgium. Tel: 32-3-664-17-12; Fax: Fax: 31-50-614873. Klasses, near Istanbul, Turkey 32-3-665-12-30. Deadline: 1 July 1993 for submission of abstracts. International Diabetes Epidemiology 1st International Congress of the In- Contact: Professor Gerald H. Tomkin, 1 Group Meeting ternational Society for the Study of Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. 22-23 September 1993 Fatty Acids and Lipids: Fatty Acids Fax: 01-768074. Noumea, New Caledonia and Lipids from Cell Biology to Hu- Deadline: 1 May 1993 for submission of man Disease 29th Annual Meeting of the European abstracts. 30 June 1993 - 3 July 1993 Association for the Study of Diabetes Sponsorship: Cosponsored by the Inter- Lugano, Switzerland 6-9 September 1993 national Diabetes Epidemiology Associa- Sponsorship: Univerity of Milan, Italy Istanbul, Turkey tion and the Fondazionne Giovanni Lorenzini Contact: Serpil Bagriacik, Osmanli Sok Topics include: Diabetes in the tropics; Medical Science Foundation. 23, 80090 Taksim-Istanbul, Turkey. Tel: IDDM, NIDDM, and malnutrition related 90-1-245-04-15; Fax: 90-1-251-75- diabetes; diabetic pregnancy and fetal 11th International Symposium on Di- 60. development; sex hormones and glyco- abetes and Nutrition regulation; the insulin resistance syn- 1-3 July 1993 Type I Diabetes: New Frontiers for drome; prevention of IDDM and NIDDM Stirling, near Glasgow, United King- Prevention and Immunotherapy and their complications: feasibility, dom 10 September 1993 methods, and program evaluation. Deadline: 1 April 1993 for submission Istanbul, Turkey Contact: Dr. B. Baulkau, Secretary of abstracts. Sponsorship: The International Diabetes IDEG, INSERM unit 21, 16 Ave. Paul

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Vaillant Couturier, 94807 Villejuif Ce- Participants may receive AM A Category Deadline: 2 August 1993 for 1 January dex, France. Tel: 33-1-45-59-51-61; I study credits. 1994 funding. Fax: 33-1-47-26-94-54. Contact: Continuing Education, Faculty Conditions: Applicants must be U.S. cit- 12 th Danube Symposium on Diabetes of Medicine, University of Toronto, Med- izens or have permanent resident status Mellitus ical Sciences Building, Toronto, Ontario, and hold full-time positions at U.S. uni- 7-10 October 1993 M5S 1A8 Canada. Tel: 416-978-2718; versity-affiliated institutes. Krakow, Poland Fax: 416-978-7144. ADA Research Deadline: 1 April 1993 for registration 15th International Diabetes Federa- Award: Between $20,000 and $40,000/yr and abstracts. tion Congress for 2 yr to assist researchers, new or Topics include: Long-term diabetes 6-11 November 1994 established, who have a novel, exciting complication, insulin therapy, diabetes Kobe, Japan idea for which they need support. mellitus in children, and gestational dia- Location: Convention Center Deadline: 2 August 1993 for 1 January betes mellitus. Topics include: Prevention of diabetes 1994 funding. Contact: Associate Professor Jacek and clarification of goals to reach by the Conditions: Applicants must be U.S. cit- Sieradzki, Department of Endocrinology, year 2000. izens or have permanent resident status Medical Academy in Krakow, 31-501 Contact: S. Ohsata, Kobe Convention and hold full-time faculty positions at Krakow, Kopernika 17, Poland. Tel: 48- Center, 6-9-1, Manatojima-nakamachi, U.S. university-affiliated institutions. 12-21-01-44; Fax: 48-12-21-40- Chuo-Ku, Kobe 650, Japan. Tel: 078- Clinical Research Grant Program 54. 303-0055; Fax: 078-302-7303. Award: Up to $75,000/yr for 3 yr for International Genetic Collaborative studies that involve humans. 1st Latin American Course on Diabe- Study Deadline: 1 February 1993 for 1 July tes Epidemiology The Institut de Morphologie Pathol- 1993 funding. 13-21 October 1993 ogique Loveral, Center for Human Conditions: Studies must focus on in- Buenos Aires, Argentina tact human subjects in which the effect of Sponsorship: Alberto Roemmers Foun- Genetics a change in the individual's external or dation and WHO DiaMond Project. Loveral, Belgium internal environment is evaluated. In Deadline: 15 June 1993 for submission Conditions: Clinicians with patients vitro research on human blood or tissue of application forms. who have total lipodystrophy Qipotro- samples does not qualify unless there has Contact: Dr. Ronald LaPorte, WHO Col- phic diabetes, Berardinelli-Seip syn- been a major in vivo intervention, and laborating Center for Diabetes Registries, drome) can enter an international genetic the protocol is designed specifically to Research and Training, 3460 Fifth Ave- collaborative study aimed at localizing quantitate the effect of the manipulation. nue, 5th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. the gene responsible for the disease. Par- Applicants must be U.S. citizens or have Fax: 412-692-8329. Dr. Manuel Marti, ticipation consists of providing a single permanent resident status and hold full- Fundacion Alberto Roemmers, Irigoyen blood sampling of affected patients, un- time faculty positions at U.S. university- 460, 6to piso, 1310 Buenos Aires, Argen- affected siblings, and their parents. tina. Fax: 54-1-334-9715-716. Contact: Dr. Lionel Van Maldergem, affiliated institutions. American Board of Internal Medicine Center for Human Genetics, IMPL, Allee Mentor-Based Postdoctoral Fellow- Examinations des Templiers 41, 6280 Loveral, Bel- ship Program Award: $30,000/yr for 23-24 August 1994 gium. Tel: 32-71-471520; Fax: 32-71- 3/yr for a postdoctoral fellow working Deadline: 1 September 1993 through 471520. with an established diabetes investigator. 1 December 1993 for registration. Deadline: 8 October 1993 for 1 July Contact: Registration Section, American 1994 funding. Board of Internal Medicine, 3624 Market Conditions: The investigator must be a Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Tel: ADA Research Awards U.S. citizen or have permanent residence 1-800-441-2246; Fax: 1-215-243-1500. status and hold an appointment at a U.S. ADA Career Development research institution. The fellow must 7th International Congress on Obesity Award: Up to $75,000/yr for 3 yr to have an MD or a PhD and no more than 20-25 August 1994 support new researchers with 2-5 yr of 3 yr of postdoctoral research experience. postdoctoral/postfellowship research ex- Contact: American Diabetes Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada perience. Funds divided between salary 1660 Duke Street, Alexandria, Va 22314. Location: Westin Harbour Castle Hotel and other grant support. Tel: 703-549-1500, x362.

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