The Margaret A. Nelson endowment fund was established to invite a visiting scholar to the UB School of Nursing to educate faculty, students, staff and the community about prevention, early detection and management of diabetes and other chronic illnesses.

Gail D'Eramo Melkus, EdD, C-NP, FAAN, the Florence and William Downs Professor in Nursing Research and director of the Muriel and Virginia Pless Center for Nursing Research at New York University will present the annual Margaret A. Nelson Lecture at 2 p.m. on March 28 in 114 Wende Hall on UB's South Campus.

The lecture, "Type 2 Diabetes: Journey from Description to Intervention" is free and open to the public.