NextGen Leadership Program

CDN is helping to create the next great leaders in the diabetes sector by bringing young adults like you to diabetes conferences and events throughout the year!
By attending these events, you will gain professional development skills, networking connections, and mentors in the field.  
You are the future of diabetes care and we want to support your career goals!

Applications for 2019 conference attendance are now closed, but stay tuned for next year's applications!

Check out blogs from some of last year's NextGen leaders:

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Sydney and Kirsten

ADA Scientific Sessions
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Sydney and Brooke

Friends for Life Conference
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Hannah Caudill

AADE Annual Meeting
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Thank you to NCBDE for support of the NextGen leader program!

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morgan
Attending a Conference

It was an amazing experience. The networking was invaluable and I picked up so many people's business cards who were excited about my educational and career goals and saw I have a passion for the field because of my involvement with CDN.

Morgan Kath
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
emily
Attending a Conference

Walking into the [ADA Scientific Sessions] exhibition hall made me feel like I was in diabetes Disneyland. Spending a week surrounded by so many like-minded people was inspiring. From the presenters, my mentor, fellow CDN members, to the CDN staff, everyone had something to offer. All of the presenters left me feeling motivated to work toward my own career so that I might be in their shoes one day and everyone I met left me feeling inspired.

Emily Jacox
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
alondra
Mentors

AADE 2018 has definitely reinforced my goals. I want to become a Nurse Practitioner specializing in type 1 diabetes. So having one of my mentors with a Doctorate in Nursing and hearing her academic goals and accomplishments really motivated me even more.

Alondra Zambrano
UC Merced