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It is soon April and we have again prepared an interesting and intriguing topic for DiaMind 2026 for you. The symposium will be organized for the 15th time on April 8 and 9, 2026 - for the 6th time on-line.
The topic of DiaMind 2026 is::
Diabetes Distress: Identify. Understand. Manage.
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 as co-creators of this meeting:
Richard I.G. Holt MA MB BChir PhD FRCP FHEA trained at the University of Cambridge and the London Hospital Medical College. He is Professor in Diabetes and Endocrinology at the University of Southampton and an Honorary Consultant Physician in Diabetes and Endocrinology at the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.
Jane Speight is a professor of Health Psychology at School of Psychology Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, and The Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes, Diabetes Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
Andreia Mocan, PhD is a clinical psychologist and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist. She works at the Center for Diabetes, Nutrition, and Metabolic Disease at the Emergency Clinical County Hospital in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Julie Wagner is a health psychologist and Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Community Health, and Psychiatry, at the University of Connecticut.
Sally Openshaw is a Sexual and Relationship Psychotherapist working in private practice in The Forest of Dean, UK. Sally is an Accredited Fellow of College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists. She is a certified Integrative Psychotherapist and Supervisor.
Karin Kanc, MD, PhD is the co-organizer of DiaMind, diabetologist in her own diabetes practice jazindiabetes (Diabetes & Me) and an integrative psychotherapist (IIPA), past member of Board of Trustees at IIPA. She was proclaimed by the PWD’s: The Diabetologist of the Year 2024.
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 8th and April 9th, from 16:00 CEST to 17:30 CEST
Registration fee?
None - FREE of CHARGE!
How to apply?
Please fill in the registration form.For information please contact us at info@diamind.si.
Karin Kanc, MD, PhD is the co-organizer of DiaMind, diabetologist in her own diabetes practice jazindiabetes (Diabetes & Me) and an integrative psychotherapist (IIPA), past member of Board of Trustees at IIPA. She was proclaimed by the PWD’s: The Diabetologist of the Year 2024.
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-psychosocial-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).
Jane Speight is a professor of Health Psychology at School of Psychology Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, and The Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes, Diabetes Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia. She is past president of PSAD.
Sally Openshaw is a Sexual and Relationship Psychotherapist working in private practice in The Forest of Dean, UK. Sally is an Accredited Fellow of College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists. She is a certified Integrative Psychotherapist and Supervisor. Sally is the President of the International Integrative Psychotherapy Association (IIPA). She balances her busy working life with a weekly dose of grandchildren and growing vegetables on the land around her home.
Andreia Mocan, PhD is a clinical psychologist and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist. She works at the Center for Diabetes, Nutrition, and Metabolic Disease at the Emergency Clinical County Hospital in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Her primary focus is on diabetes self-management and the mental health needs of adolescents and adults with diabetes. She also supervises and trains young clinical psychologists and coordinates their activities. She is invited to speak about diabetes mental health to psychology/medical students, as well as to members of the healthcare team. She is a member of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Diabetes Distress Guideline Project and of the Psychosocial Aspects of Diabetes (PSAD) Study Group where she coordinates the Clinical Practice Interest Group.
Richard I.G. Holt MA MB BChir PhD FRCP FHEA trained at the University of Cambridge and the London Hospital Medical College. He is Professor in Diabetes and Endocrinology at the University of Southampton and an Honorary Consultant Physician in Diabetes and Endocrinology at the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. His research interests are broadly focussed around clinical diabetes but specifically encompass studies of the relationship between mental health and diabetes. His clinical responsibilities include the diabetes pregnancy clinic, young adult diabetes clinic and the cystic fibrosis diabetes service. He was the Editor-in-Chief of Diabetic Medicine and is a past-Chair of the Diabetes UK Council of Health Care Professionals. He is the Editor-inChief of the 6th edition of the Textbook of Diabetes. Professor Holt chairs the EASD Committee for Clinical Affairs and is the EASD co-chair of the EASDADA consensus report of the management of type 1 diabetes in adults and EASD Diabetes Distress Guideline Development Panel.