The Med-Chi Lectures “The Incidence of Diabetes in Scottish Children” ABERDEEN MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY Founded 1789 Fellowship │ Education │ Heritage Thursday – 2nd March 2017 at 7pm The Med-Chi Hall Med-Chi Hall “The Incidence of Diabetes in Scottish Children” Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society Med-Chi Hall, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, 7pm Norman Waugh (MBChB Edinburgh, DA, MRCP(UK), MPH, FFPH) is a part-time professor of public health medicine and health technology assessment in Warwick Medical School, and emeritus professor in Aberdeen. He was consultant in PHM in Grampian Health Board from 1993-1999, and professor of public health medicine in University of Aberdeen from 2003 till retirement in 2010. He is a member and former chair of the Scottish Study Group for the Care of Diabetes in the Young, and was curator of the SSGCDY register for many years. His main activities in the last 20 years have been in health technology assessment, including trials. He is deputy chief investigator of the REPOSE trial of insulin pumps, and is also involved in trials in diabetic eye disease. His research interest has mainly been in diabetes, ranging from epidemiology to HTA, and he has led most of the technology assessment reports to support the work of policy-makers including NICE and the National Screening Committee. The SSGCDY register has been used for monitoring incidence and outcomes. The incidence of type 1 diabetes in Scottish children is one of the highest in the world. This presentation will look back at trends in incidence and at variations within Scotland. Professor Norman Waugh, Professor of Public Health Medicine & Health Technology Assessment, Warwick Medical School Finger buffet available from 6.30pm Tea & Coffee will be available after the meeting FOR MED-CHI EVENING LECTURES PARKING IS AVAILABLE IN FRONT OF THE POLWARTH BUILDING. ENTRY FROM CORNHILL ROAD BETWEEN 6 & 7PM. THE EXIT BARRIER WILL RAISE AUTOMATICALLY ON LEAVING KEN MCHARDY – HONORARY SECRETARY Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society, Medical School, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD Tel: 01224 437104 – Ext (76) 7104 Email: medchi.admin@abdn.ac.uk Web: www.med-chi.co.uk