This June, the CDRP will host the Mt. Hood Diabetes Challenge, an international conference for researchers and policy analysts working in health economics and disease simulation modeling in the field of diabetes.
“I was seeing the rise in cases not only at the University of Chicago but across the city and nationally. I thought, ‘This is a disease that’s preventable and treatable—one shot of penicillin, or at most three—and it’s cured. Why is this still happening?’”
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The Center for Chronic Disease Research and Policy is hosting the 2025 Mt Hood Diabetes Challenge from June 23-25 at the Chicago Theological Seminary in Chicago. Register and submit abstracts at https://www.mthooddiabeteschallenge.com/upcoming-conference