International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes

International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes
Founded 1974
Focus diabetes mellitus in children
Website www.ispad.org

The International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes is a professional organization located in Berlin, Germany, whose aims are to promote clinical and basic science, research, education and advocacy in childhood and adolescent diabetes. ISPAD publishes the journal Pediatric Diabetes. The organization was established in 1974.

About ISPAD

The International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) is a professional organization that brings together doctors, nurses, dieticians, psychologists, scientists and other professionals to improve the treatment of children and families afflicted by diabetes throughout the world. ISPAD seeks to improve the understanding of the etiology and epidemiology of diabetes. ISPAD educates physicians and other health care professionals to better understand and care for children and adolescents with diabetes. Furthermore, the Society has developed guidelines for appropriate diabetes care and assists in the implementation of new protocols for therapy.

ISPAD is the only worldwide organization that is concerned about all aspects of diabetes in children and adolescents focusing upon the underlying science and quality of care that these young people receive.

Mission

ISPAD aims to bring together professionals from various disciplines with an interest in clinical care, science, education and advocacy to prevent, treat or cure all forms of diabetes in youth by promoting working and collaboration. The aims are:

Values

ISPAD also has a set of core values. These are:

Activities

Annual conference

The 40th Annual Conference of the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes, ISPAD 2014, will take place September 3–6, 2014, in Toronto, Canada. In the last four years the ISPAD Annual Conference has been held in Gothenburg (2013), Istanbul (2012), Miami (2011), and Buenos Aires (2010).

Past conferences

Year City Country
1975 Tel Aviv Israel
1976 Han-sur-Lesse Belgium
1977 Chateau de la Verriere France
1978 Netanya Israel
1979 Berlin Germany
1980 Palafrugell Spain
1981 Les Collons sur Sion Switzerland
1982 Nairobi Kenya
1983 Miskolc-Tapolca Hungary
1984 St George USA
1985 El Escorial Spain
1986 Verona Italy
1987 Lyon France
1988 Manly Beach Australia
1989 Bled Yugoslavia
1990 Oslo Norway
1991 Williamsburg USA
1992 St Andrew's Scotland, UK
1993 Island of Kos Greece
1994 Atami Japan
1995 Linköping Sweden
1996 Pittsburgh USA
1997 Turku Finland
1998 Zurich Switzerland
1999 Noordwijkerhout The Netherlands
2000 Los Angeles USA
2001 Siena Italy
2002 Graz Austria
2003 St Malo France
2004 Singapore Singapore
2005 Cambridge England, UK
2006 Kraków Poland
2007 Berlin Germany
2008 Durban South Africa
2009 Ljubljana Slovenia
2010 Buenos Aires Argentina
2011 Miami Beach USA
2012 Istanbul Turkey
2013 Gothenburg Sweden

Travel grants

ISPAD also supports attendance at the annual conferences through the awarding of travel grants. Grants are awarded either to individuals based on the quality or to individuals from non-high-income countries as ‘Developing World Initiative Travel Grants’.[1]

Post-graduate courses

ISPAD also supports post-graduate courses and workshops organized by members worldwide on the basis that these members organize the courses and raise most of the funding.[2] Recent venues have included Jamaica, Romania, Jordan and Peru.

Science schools

The ISPAD Science and Research School for Physicians annual science school brings together 20 to 25 young researchers from across the world to take part in a learning program and engage in discussion with leading experts in the field. Courses have been held in Sydney, Cambridge (UK), and Kyoto.[3]

ISPAD Science School for Healthcare Professionals is held each year just prior to the annual conference and is aimed at helping health professionals other than doctors to develop a scientific and evidence-based approach to their work with children and young people with diabetes.[4]

Prizes

The society also has a well-established set of yearly prizes.

Fellowships

ISPAD awards two fellowships:

Journal

ISPAD publishes Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines for the management of diabetes in children and adolescents. These are published in Pediatric Diabetes, ISPAD’s official journal.

Other activities

ISPAD Consensus Guidelines

In 2009, the comprehensive "ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines" were published as a compendium in Pediatric Diabetes. These are evidence-based guidelines compiled under the editorship of Dr Peter Swift, former Secretary General of ISPAD with the co-authors Ragnar Hanas, Kim C. Donaghue and Georgeanna Klingensmith. The guidelines are used worldwide and referenced extensively.

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