On the 4th of December, 2024 the Medical Analysis Department at Tishk International University held a national workshop on the International Diabetes Day. World Diabetes Day is celebrated on November 14 each year. It is a global awareness campaign focusing on diabetes education, prevention, and management. The event was created in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
The national workshop featured two key speakers. The first speaker was Dr. Shayda Ziyad Jamil Al-Talabany, a lecturer at the College of Medicine, Hawler Medical University. She holds an M.B.Ch.B and a Fellowship in Family Medicine. In her presentation Dr. Shayda talked about the prevalence of Diabetes in Kurdistan & Iraq region. She emphasized on the effects of Hyperglycemia and how it leads to the Diabetic complications. Dr. Shayda also mentioned several health habits that patients could acquire to maintain their disease and prevent the development of the complications.
The second speaker was Dr Ramiar Kamal Kheder, an Assistant professor in Infection, Immunity and Inflammation. In 2010 he finished his master degree in blood physiology Biological science at university of Salahaddin, Erbil. In 2017 he received PhD in infection immunity and Inflammation department- school of medicine- University of Leicester/ United Kingdom. He did postdoctoral study at school of medicine-Karolinska institutet-stochholm-sweden in 2020 in cancer immunotherapy. In the workshop Dr. Ramiar talked about the pathogenesis of Diabetes from an immunological point of view.
He emphasized on the effect of hyperglycemia on autophagy and other immune cells and how hyperglycemia induced inflammation causes the development of several complications. Lastly he explained several ways that patients can take advantage off for improving their health including maintaining healthy gut microbiata.
Overall, the workshop was a great success where all the attendees benefited from the information provided by the speakers. 
