PANEL DISCUSSION

Using the Minnesota Diabetes Plan 2010 to Guide Diabetes Prevention
Moderator - Allison Rick, MPH, Minnesota Diabetes Program, Minnesota Department of Health

The purpose of this panel discussion is to bring together the diverse perspectives of several of today’s Minnesota-based presenters, and engage them in a conversation on the relationship of their work to the Minnesota Diabetes Plan 2010. Each panelist was asked to respond to several predetermined questions designed to help the conference participants gain basic information about the Plan and learn how a wide variety of programs and activities have the power to make a difference in reducing the burden of diabetes in Minnesota. The second half of the panel discussion was devoted to audience participation. Audience members will be asked to share their own program activities that are helping to achieve the goals of the Plan. Time was also allotted for a question and answer session with the panelists.

Panelists

Dr. J. Michael Gonzalez-Campoy, MD, PhD, FACE, is a Medical Director and CEO of the Minnesota Center for Obesity, Metabolism and Endocrinology (MNCOME), Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota, President of the Minnesota Medical Association, Immediate Past-President of the Ramsey Medical Society, and Chair of the Minnesota Diabetes Steering Committee.

Pamela Van Zyl York, MPH, PhD, RD, LN, supervises nutrition and physical activity programs and related programs at the Minnesota Department of Health and is Project Director for Minnesota's Arthritis Program.

Pam Cosby, MA, serves as Senior Health Promotion Specialist at Hennepin County Human Services Department and is the lead staff for the North Minneapolis Health Advisory Committee, a committee of the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners.

Charlene Postigo is Manager of Business Services at the Park Nicollet Institute, International Diabetes Center (IDC) and an active member of American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE).

For more information about the 2004 Changing face of Diabetes in Minnesota Conference, including photos of the Panel Discussion, see www.health.state.mn.us/diabetes/committees/cfd/index.html.