Star Course

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Star Course

• Epidemiology and Biostatistics

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Welcome

• Introduction of Steno Diabetes Center and the
  STAR program

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Denmark
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Air photograph of Steno Diabetes Center
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History of Steno Diabetes Center

• 1923 1st insulin injection in Denmark

• 1923 Nordisk InsulinLaboratory (1925 NOVO)

• 1932 Steno Memorial Hospital (1938 Hvidöre
  Hospital)

• 1957 Hagedorn Research Institute (1964 Novo R.
  I.)

• 1983 WHO Collaborating Centre

• 1989 Merger of NOVO and Nordisk Gentofte

• 1990 Merger of the two hospitals into Steno
  Diabetes Center

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Steno Diabetes Center

• Vision
• Clinical center of excellence, integrated in the
  Danish National Health Service
• International diabetes research center of
  excellence
• Education center of excellence, for every member
  of the diabetes team, nationally and
  internationally

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Steno Diabetes Center

• Mission
• Significant reduction in the incidence of severe
• diabetic complications
• Development of new treatment strategies
• and care programmes for diabetes patients
• Research into the prevention and cure of DM
• Training programmes for health care personnel
• Partner within NN in fields of competence

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Steno Diabetes Center- a clinical diabetes center

• Continuous care of about 5.400 patients (60 type
  1 DM)
• 25.000 outpatient visits/year
• 100-125 outpatients/day
• 600 new patients/year (gt66 type 2 DM)
• 12 beds (5 day beds)
• Integrated part of Danish NHS
• Referral Copenhagen County (600.000 inhab.)
• National reference clinic
• Running costs paid by public funds
• (USD 4.3 million/year)

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Steno Diabetes CenterResearch Focus areas

• Genetics and molecular mechanisms of beta cell
  failure
• PIs Jørn Nerup and Thomas Mandrup-Poulsen and
  Flemming Pociot
• Genetic, cellular, physiological and behavioural
  mechanisms leading to diabetes and the metabolic
  syndrome
• PIs Oluf Pedersen, Allan Vaag and Knut
  Borch-Johnsen
• Prevention and treatment of micro and
  macrovascular complications in diabetes
• PI Hans-Henrik Parving

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The STAR project(Steno Training and Application
of Resources)

• was initiated in 1999
• is sponsored by the Novo Nordisk Foundation
• goal is to increase knowledge about diabetes in
  developing countries
• has activities in India and China

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STAR courses

• India
• Practical diabetology (6)
• Epidemiology (3)
• Genetics(2)
• China
• Update (9)

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Welcome

• Introduction of Steno Diabetes Center and the
  STAR program
• Introduction of Faculty
• Charlotte Glümer, MD, ph.d.
• Bendix Carstensen, MSci, Statistician
• Marit Eika Jørgensen, MD, ph.d.
• Torben Hansen, MD, ph.d.
• Anil Kapur, MD
• Knut Borch-Johnsen, MD, DMSc

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Welcome

• Introduction of Steno Diabetes Center and the
  STAR program
• Introduction of Faculty
• Course format
• Informal
• Lectures and Groups

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Welcome

• Introduction of Steno Diabetes Center and the
  STAR program
• Introduction of Faculty
• Course format
• Informal
• Lectures and Groups
• 2 min.

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Welcome

• Introduction of Steno Diabetes Center and the
  STAR program
• Introduction of Faculty
• Course format
• Informal
• Lectures and Groups
• 2 min.
• Evaluation sheet fill in during course

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