Type II Diabetes in First Nation Children: The Impact of Fetal Programming
Dr. Elizabeth Sellers, BSc, MD, MSc, University of Manitoba
Elizabeth Sellers is a pediatric endocrinologist and Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba. She is also a Clinician Scientist, Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba. As a clinician and clinical researcher, her primary focus has been the epidemiology, pathophysiology, complications, treatment and support of youth with type 2 diabetes with a particular interest in Indigenous populations.
Resources Mentioned in Session
- Association of Gestational Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Exposure In Utero With the Development of Type 2 Diabetes in First Nations and Non-First Nations Offspring
- Exposure to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Impact on the Development of Early-Onset Type 2 Diabetes in Canadian First Nations and Non–First Nations Offspring
- Exposure to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) alters DNA methylation in placenta and fetal cord blood