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. 2016 Jan;39(1):3-9.
doi: 10.2337/dc15-1818.

2015 Presidential Address: 75 Years of Battling Diabetes--Our Global Challenge

Samuel Dagogo-Jack  1
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2015 Presidential Address: 75 Years of Battling Diabetes--Our Global Challenge

Samuel Dagogo-Jack. Diabetes Care. 2016 Jan.

Abstract

This address was delivered by Samuel Dagogo-Jack, MD, President, Medicine & Science, of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), at the Association's 75th Scientific Sessions in Boston, MA, on 7 June 2015. Dr. Dagogo-Jack is a professor of medicine and the director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and the director of the Clinical Research Center at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, where he holds the A.C. Mullins Endowed Chair in Translational Research. He has been an ADA volunteer since 1991 and has served on several national committees and chaired the Association's Research Grant Review Committee. At the local level, he has served on community leadership boards in St. Louis, MO, and Tennessee. A physician-scientist, Dr. Dagogo-Jack's current research focuses on the interaction of genetic and environmental factors in the prediction and prevention of prediabetes, diabetes, and diabetes complications. He is the principal investigator of the Pathobiology of Prediabetes in a Biracial Cohort (POP-ABC) study and also directs The University of Tennessee site for the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (DCCT/EDIC) and the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)/DPP Outcomes Study (DPPOS). Dr. Dagogo-Jack earned his medical and research doctorate degrees from the University of Ibadan College of Medicine in Nigeria, holds a master's of science from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in England, and completed his postdoctoral fellowship training in metabolism at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in Missouri. A board-certified endocrinologist, Dr. Dagogo-Jack has been elected to the Association of American Physicians and is the 2015 recipient of the Banting Medal for Leadership from the ADA. The ADA and Diabetes Care thank Dr. Dagogo-Jack for his outstanding leadership and service to the Association.

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Figure 1
Number and percentage of U.S. population with diagnosed diabetes, 1958–2013. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available from www.cdc.gov/diabetes/data/center/slides.html. Accessed 20 May 2015.
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Figure 2
The health disparities triangle.
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Figure 3
Top 10 causes of death in countries of the world grouped by income status. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Source: World Health Organization. Available from http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs310/en/index1.html. Accessed 20 May 2015.
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Figure 4
Projected increases in diabetes prevalence in different regions of the world. Source: International Diabetes Federation. IDF Diabetes Atlas. 6th ed. Brussels, Belgium, International Diabetes Federation, 2013, p. 12.
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Figure 5
Global burden of prediabetes, or the number of people with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). Source: International Diabetes Federation. IDF Diabetes Atlas. 6th ed. Brussels, Belgium, International Diabetes Federation, 2013, p. 40.
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Figure 6
Schema of in vivo and in vitro approaches to β-cell preservation or replacement. Transdiff., transdifferentiation; tx, transplantation.
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Figure 7
Approximate distribution of focus areas of research projects funded by grants from the ADA.
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