14th Annual ACHORD Retreat
March 2-3, 2017
Edmonton, AB
The 14th Annual ACHORD Retreat was smaller than normal but still 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, Jeff Johnson
Student Project Presentations
- Ming Ye – “Changes in Body Mass Index and Incidence of Diabetes: A Longitudinal Study of Alberta’s Tomorrow Project Cohort”
- Fizza GIlani – “Predictors of Pneumococcal Vaccine Uptake in People with Diabetes: An Evaluation of the ABCD Cohort”
- Haoyu Zhao – “Association between self-efficacy on the risk of hospitalization among patients with type 2 diabetes”
- Maxim Eskin– “Metformin Use and the Healthy User Bias”
- Abdul Alghamdi – “Self-reported and objectively measured physical activity of postpartum women with previous Gestational Diabetes Mellitus”
- Hayford Avedzi – “HEALD – Glycemic Index Trial”
- Nathan McClure – “Estimating a Minimally Important Difference of the EQ-5D-5L in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes”
Accolades
- ACHORD Accolades, Dean Eurich
Project Updates
- Enhanced Diabetes Surveillance Infrastructure (J. Johnson)
- Medication Adherence and New Diabetes Complications (S. Simpson)
- Alberta Retired Teachers Association (ARTA) Partnership (A. Soprovich)
- HEALD-GDM Update (S. Johnson/N. Mathe)
- GDM Curriculum Project (R. Yeung)
2017 Retreat Highlights
