Thursday, February 11, 2010
Held by Medical and Biomedical Engineering Society, Kansas City Chapter

Program: Modern Life and Type II Diabetes.

The speaker is Paige Geiger, PhD. The topic of the presentation is "Heat shock proteins: self-defense from cellular stress and type 2 diabetes."

Dr. Paige Geiger is Assistant Professor at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine since 2001. Currently ,she is working at Kansas Life Sciences Innovations Center in the Muscle Physiology Laboratory where the focus of her research are the effects of exercise and age on muscle metabolism and insulin resistance as related to type ll diabetes.

Insulin resistance is a key feature in the pathogenesis of type II diabetes and is associated with a number of pathological states including obesity, dyslipidemia, hyperinsulinemia, hypertension and cardiovascular disease. This combination of disease states is often referred to as "syndrome X" or the insulin resistance syndrome. Diabetes in the elderly is emerging as one of the most important health problems of the 21st century.

The ability of insulin to regulate glucose homeostasis declines with age and recent studies have shown that habitual endurance exercise does not prevent the age-associated decline in insulin action in skeletal muscle. It is well established that exercise has important health benefits for individuals with type II diabetes. Skeletal muscle is the major tissue responsible for total body glucose disposal and regular exercise has the ability to enhance glucose transport and insulin action in working skeletal muscles.

These and other related topics will be addressed in the presentation.

Location: Hilton Garden Inn, 5800 College Boulevard, Overland Park, KS 66211.
Ph: 913-345-2661.
Dir: 5800 College Blvd south of I-435. Exit Nall Ave (77B), right on Nall Ave (south) to College Blvd; right on College Blvd. Hotel is on right, one half block. Plenty of free parking.

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