Presidential Words of Wisdom
Stuart Brink
As the President of ISPAD and on behalf of the ISPAD Steering Committee, Advisory Council and membership, we would like to invite you to our upcoming Berlin annual scientific meeting. ISPAD has grown to be the premier pediatric and adolescent diabetes society in the world. Our members are active clinicians as well as researchers and educators.
We participate in efforts to improve care, psychosocial function and reduce the acute as well as chronic complications of diabetes. Our meetings are scientifically rigorous, provocative, cutting edge and interactive. Such meetings continue to serve as a focus for collegial interchange, promoting collaborative teaching as well as research efforts and as a means to bring together those interested in pediatric and adolescent diabetes wherever they may be.
We also provide a means for collaborative efforts with the pharmaceutical and other diabetes support industries not only to meet with our members but also to assist in ISPAD endeavors such as ISPAD science schools, research training programs offered by our members and the special ISPAD awards. The three key ISPAD awards, the ISPAD Prize, the ISPAD Lestradet Education Award and the ISPAD Young Investigator Award are presented each year and this will continue in Berlin to honor superb efforts by our members.
The ISPAD annual Business Meeting will take place in Berlin during the Annual Scientific Meeting and will provide an opportunity to vote for new officials of ISPAD as well as to hear about the international collaborative postgraduate programs organized by ISPAD, cooperative efforts with other endocrine and diabetes organizations and new initiatives.
We participate in efforts to improve care, psychosocial function and reduce the acute as well as chronic complications of diabetes. Our meetings are scientifically rigorous, provocative, cutting edge and interactive. Such meetings continue to serve as a focus for collegial interchange, promoting collaborative teaching as well as research efforts and as a means to bring together those interested in pediatric and adolescent diabetes wherever they may be.
We also provide a means for collaborative efforts with the pharmaceutical and other diabetes support industries not only to meet with our members but also to assist in ISPAD endeavors such as ISPAD science schools, research training programs offered by our members and the special ISPAD awards. The three key ISPAD awards, the ISPAD Prize, the ISPAD Lestradet Education Award and the ISPAD Young Investigator Award are presented each year and this will continue in Berlin to honor superb efforts by our members.
The ISPAD annual Business Meeting will take place in Berlin during the Annual Scientific Meeting and will provide an opportunity to vote for new officials of ISPAD as well as to hear about the international collaborative postgraduate programs organized by ISPAD, cooperative efforts with other endocrine and diabetes organizations and new initiatives.
