10th Annual ACHORD Retreat
March 7-8, 2013
Banff, AB
ACHORD hosts a research retreat each spring in the beautiful setting of Banff, Alberta. This venue enables investigators, trainees, research staff and invited guests to exchange ideas, present their research, and get to know one another in a relaxed and informal environment.
The 10th Annual ACHORD Retreat was a huge success and a lot of fun! Thank you to everyone that attended and participated in this event. Click here for the Agenda.
Welcome
- Introduction of Attendees, J Johnson
Invited Speakers
- Diabetes in the workplace – the private payer perspective, Ben Harrison, Manager, Group Strategic Relations, The Great West Life Insurance Company of Canada
- The built environment and obesity-related diseases, Gillian Booth, St. Michaels Hospital, Toronto
- Improving diabetes prevention in women with recent gestational diabetes, Lorraine Lipscombe, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto
Student Project Presentations
- Socioeconomic disparities in eye care services in Canada, Jongnam Hwang
- Health outcomes in patients with multimorbidity and community acquired pneumonia, Daniala Weir
- Assessing the Cardiovascular Risk Difference between Sulfonylureas, Ahmed Abdelmoneim
- Health literacy in Alberta: initial results from the 2012 HQCA “Satisfaction & Experience with Health Care Services” survey, Fatima Al Sayah
- Effects of pharmacists interventions on blood pressure medications use in patients with type 2 diabetes, Dima Omran
- Exploring novel diabetes surveillance methods: A comparison of administrative, laboratory and pharmacological data case definitions, Bushra Khokhar
- Exercise stress testing in asymptomatic people with type 2 diabetes referred to exercise programs: a data linkage study, Marni Armstrong
- Prompted awareness and use of Canada’s Food Guide for Healthy Eating: a population-based Study, Nonsikelelo (Nonsi) Mathe
Accolades
- ACHORD Accolades, Dean Eurich
Project Updates
- Alberta’s Caring for Diabetes (ABCD) Project, Jeff Johnson, and Lisa Wozniak
Closing Comments
- Future Directions / Collaborations for ACHORD, Jeff Johnson