The Prevention and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes June 10, 2010

William H. Herman, M.D., M.P.H., serves as the Director of the Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center. Dr. Herman will discuss diabetes (a disease that affects 8% of Americans, according to the National Centers For Disease Prevention And Control), and his role as principal investigator in the nationwide study entitled Translating Research Into Action For Diabetes, which examines how knowledge about the disease can increase the quality of life for those who suffer from it.

This event is made possible through a Partners In Research grant from the National Institutes of Health and is cosponsored by the Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research, the UM Taubman Health Sciences Library and the Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center.

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