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It is soon April and we have again prepared an interesting and intriguing topic for DiaMind 2024 for you. The symposium will be organized for the 13th time on April 10th and 11th, 2024 - for the 4th time on-line.
And now for DiaMind 2024! Here is the topic:
WOMEN AND DIABETES: FROM GIRL TO GRANNY
Psychological and Ethical Considerations
We have precious colleagues that will be with us and will be fully engaged in a debate with you, dear DiaMind friends and we kindly ask YOU to be engaged co-creators of this meeting:
Widad Tamimi studied International Law and dedicated most of her life to the rights of refugees and Palestinians, and cooperates with the Holocaust Museum at the digitization of unknown archives of Jewish families. She writes for several newspapers.
Carina Sparud Lundin, is Professor at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences at the Gothenburg University, Sweden.
Dr. Ann Goebel-Fabbri is a psychologist and researcher and has been Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, USA. She is specialized in disordered eating in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Linda G. Baer, MSPH, CHCP, the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of ECHO Diabetes Action Network and Grants & Diabetes Education Manager of the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, is a public health professional. She has led continuing medical education departments at Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School and Stanford University.
Sally Openshaw is a Sexual and Relationship Psychotherapist working in private practice in Devon, UK. Sally is a UKCP recognized practitioner and an Accredited Fellow of College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists.
Julie Wagner is the professor of Health psychology on University of Connecticut Schools of Dental Medicine and Medicine.
Karin Kanc, MD, PhD is the co-organizer of DiaMind, diabetologist in her own diabetes practice jazindiabetes and integrative psychotherapist (IIPA).
Who is this meeting for?
Educators, medical doctors (GPs, diabetologists, pediatricians and others), psychologists, psychotherapists, dietitians, pharmacists and other health care professionals that work with people with diabetes.
Where and when?
Online - April 10th and April 11th, from 16:00 CEST to 18:00 CEST
Registration fee?
None - FREE of CHARGE!
How to apply?
Registration is currently closed.
For information please contact us at info@diamind.si.
Widad Tamimi, daughter of a Palestinian refugee who fled the Israeli occupation in 1967 and a woman of Jewish descent, whose family escaped to New York during World War II, grew up in Italy. She currently lives in Ljubljana. She studied International Law and dedicated most of her life to the rights of refugees and Palestinians, and cooperates with the Holocaust Museum at the digitization of unknown archives of Jewish families. She writes for several newspapers and wrote two books: 'Il caffee delle donne' and 'Le rose del vento'. She is a mother of three children.
Carina Sparud Lundin, is Professor at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences at the Gothenburg University, Sweden. Her research focuses on transitions in life for people with chronic illness and their family, and involved health care providers. More specifically in people with type 1 diabetes, including diabetes onset in children, the transition between child and adulthood and the childbearing period for women with type 1 diabetes. Empowerment, self-management and social support are important aspects in all projects as well as a desire to develop person-centered care for children and young people with long-term illness.
Dr. Ann Goebel-Fabbri, worked for 16 years as a clinical psychologist and researcher at Joslin Diabetes Center and was an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She specializes in disordered eating behaviors in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Dr. Goebel-Fabbri has published numerous research papers and academic chapters. Her has been featured in the mainstream media such as the BBC, National Public Radio, CNN, and the New York Times. Dr. Goebel-Fabbri’s book, Prevention and Recovery from Eating Disorders in Type 1 Diabetes: Injecting Hope, was published through Routledge Press. She currently runs her own private psychology practice in the Boston area.
Linda G. Baer, MSPH, CHCP, the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of ECHO Diabetes Action Network and Grants & Diabetes Education Manager of the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, is a public health professional. She has led continuing medical education departments at Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School and Stanford University. Her passion for improving healthcare and quality of life for people with diabetes is personal, as she was diagnosed with T1D at age 3, and at the age of 5 was asked to present at grand rounds about what life was like with diabetes and what people with diabetes needed from their clinicians. Linda has served as the Director of ECHO Research & Education and Lead Health Coach for Project ECHO Diabetes at Stanford University. She has started diabetes camping programs for youth in multiple Latin American countries, worked in clinical research on developing methods to transplant beta-cells without the use of immunosuppressors, and has served on the boards of multiple diabetes focused organizations.
Sally Openshaw is a Sexual and Relationship Psychotherapist working in private practice in Devon, UK. Sally is a UKCP recognized practitioner and an Accredited Fellow of College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists. She works from an Integrative Relationship model and is recognized by the International Integrative Psychotherapy Association as a Trainer, Supervisor and Practitioner. Sally is the current President of the International Integrative Psychotherapy Association (IIPA). Sally manages Towerhouse Counselling, (www. towerhousecounselling.co.uk) and her practice includes couples and individual clients. She specializes in working with sexual trauma and addiction. She is an experienced Tutor, with a BEd in Education for Adult learners.
Julie Wagner is a health psychologist and Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Community Health, and Psychiatry, at the University of Connecticut. She teaches a bio-psycho-social-contextual approach to diabetes, and innovative curricula to promote cross-cultural communication between patients and healthcare providers. She researches psychosocial contributors to diabetes outcomes and designs and tests community-based interventions for the neediest populations with diabetes in the US and abroad. Dr. Wagner has served in editorial roles for leading health psychology journals, and has held leadership positions in professional societies including the American Diabetes Association, the American Psychological Association, and Behavioral Research in Diabetes Group Exchange (BRIDGE).
Karin Kanc, MD, PhD, is one of the organizers of this meeting. As a diabetologist, she has her own diabetes practice (jazindiabetes, Diabetes&Me) in Ljubljana, Slovenia and is a certified integrative psychotherapist (IIPA). She has been active in the field of psychological aspects of diabetes for almost 30 years. She is a pioneer in combining diabetes and psychotherapy with psychology, with worldwide DiaMind training of HCP with different levels of psychological background. Lately, her focus is mindfulness in diabetes and mindful eating, as she is a strong believer that medical treatment without psychological support is not enough.