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Turning theTide onDiabetes research fuels advances inpatient care and the search for a curebout 40 physicians, researchers and medical students cram intoa small lecture hall one Wednesday afternoon eager to hearthe latest about the link between diabetes and heart disease.Aaron Vinik, MD, PhD, research director of the EVMS StrelitzDiabetes Center, flashes slides and charts and explains how a simple,available addition to the standard electrocardiogram test could savethe lives of diabetics.20 Fall 2009 www.eVMS.EDUdiabetes research

More than 23.6 million peoplein the U.S. have diabetes.Nearly 175,000 live inHampton Roads.Emery Fears22 years living with diabetesKristopher Lackey14 years living with diabetesYumi Imai, MD, right, came to EVMS from the University of Pennsylvania.With lab research assistant Eden Garcia, she is studyingthe link between obesity and diabetes.Cookie Lankford3 years living with diabetesdiabetes researchwww.eVMS.EDU Fall 2009 21

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