- January 16, 2014 – Mary Ellen (Michelle) Heisler, MD, MPA, Professor of Internal Medicine and Health Behavior and Health Education; Co-Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars; Associate Director, Global REACH, University of Michigan - “The Promise of Peers and Pixels to Improve Diabetes Self-Management Support and Outcomes.” Sponsored by: The UAB Diabetes Research Center
- February 21, 2014 – Presented by Michael J. Clare-Salzler, MD; Chair and Stetson Professor in Experimental Pathology; Director, Center for Immunology and Transplantation; Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine; University of Florida College of Medicine; Gainesville, FL - “Human Type 1 Diabetes Pathogenesis.” Sponsored by: The UAB Diabetes Research Center
- March 27, 2014 – Presented by Marc Horwitz, PhD, Associate Professor; Sauder Chair of Pediatric Virology; Co-leader, Infection, Inflammation & Immunity Research Group; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia – “On the Road to Type 1 Diabetes: the kicks of virus infection” – Sponsored by: The UAB Diabetes Research Center
- April 17, 2014 – Jonathan D. Katz, PhD; Professor of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and Endocrinology; Director of Diabetes Research, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH – “Controlling Autoimmunity Without Incapacitating Immunity” – Sponsored by: The UAB Diabetes Research Center
- May 15, 2014 – Patricia Jumbo-Lucioni, MD, PhD; Postdoctoral Scholar – Broadie Lab;Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN – “Insights into obesity and diabetes through models of inborn errors of metabolism” – Sponsored by: The UAB Diabetes Research Center
- September 18, 2014 – Jeffrey Pessin, PhD – Judy R. & Alfred A. Rosenburg Professorial Chair in Diabetes Research; Director, Diabetes Research Center; Departments of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY – “NF-kB and adipose tissue inflammatory signaling pathways” – Sponsored by: The UAB Diabetes Research Center
- October 16, 2014 – Alan Chait, MD – Edwin L. Bierman Professor of Medicine; Head, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, “Role of HDL in Limiting Adipose Tissue Inflammation.” Sponsored by: The UAB Diabetes Research Center
- November 20, 2014 – David D’Allesio, PhD, Professor of Medicine; Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition; Duke University School of Medicine Durham, NC - “The role of GLP-1 in glucose tolerance: Physiology, pharmacology and surgery” - Sponsored by: The UAB Diabetes Research Center
- December 18, 2014 - Clay Semenkovich, MD, Herbert S. Gasser Professor; Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research; Washington University, St. Louis, MO - “Lipogenesis, Metabolic Signaling, and Diabetes” - Sponsored by: The UAB Diabetes Research Center
