TuDiabetes Live Interview with Robert Geho: the Liver’s Role in Diabetes

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Robert Geho is a co-founder and CEO of Diasome Pharmaceuticals, Inc., focused on the clinical and commercial development of breakthrough therapies for diabetes and obesity. In his role at Diasome, he leads the management and strategic direction of the Company’s targeted insulin therapies, novel Type 2 diabetes technology, and oral therapy for obesity. In addition to his responsibilities at Diasome, he is a co-founder and director of SDG, Inc., a nanotechnology therapeutics company that is an Equity Partner Company of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Geho has led or co-led multiple rounds of financing for several biotechnology companies, and he has been a key participant in the formation of multiple life sciences focused companies. He received both his undergraduate degree and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University. Mr. Geho also serves as a member of the board of directors of the Diabetes Hands Foundation.

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Live Interview with Chris Angell, founder of Glucolift

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Christopher Angell is an entrepreneur living in San Diego, CA. He has a BA in Philosophy from Vassar College and an MBA from INSEAD. Some of his past projects include founding cultural NGOs in New York and Johannesburg, producing records and music videos in South Africa, working as an associate producer of a performing arts series at the Guggenheim Museum, and a stint as a strategic advisor for a Russian billionaire.

He founded his latest company, GlucoLift, after being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2007. Frustrated with the lack of natural, good-tasting options for treating the low blood sugar episodes so common for people living with diabetes, he created an all-natural chewable glucose tablet that lacked the unpleasant flavor and chalky residues of existing products.
“Lows are horrible, but that doesn’t mean that we have to accept a sub-par product just because it raises our blood sugar. We deserve something made from natural ingredients, that tastes great, dissolves clean, and isn’t chalky. And that works quickly and reliably. That’s why I created GlucoLift All-Natural Glucose. Glucose tablets redesigned, by someone who actually has to use them.”

-Christopher Angell, Founder, Type-1 since 2007

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TuDiabetes Live interview with Dr. David Kerr: Traveling Safely with Diabetes

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Dr. Kerr was formerly the Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist at the Bournemouth Diabetes and Endocrine Centre in the United Kingdom, Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Southampton, and Visiting Professor at Bournemouth University. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and for a number of years has held a Gold Clinical Excellence Award from the UK National Health Service (NHS).

In April 2014 Dr. Kerr will assume a new position as Research Director at Sansum Diabetes Research Institute. In this capacity Dr. Kerr will lead the diabetes research activities of the Institute, including research in artificial pancreas and pregnancy complicated by diabetes, two areas for which the Institute is internationally distinguished. In addition, Dr. Kerr will continue to pursue his research in the application of technology for diabetes care and the use of new methods of communications, including social media, to reduce the day-to-day decision-making burden for people living with diabetes, wherever they live.

Dr. Kerr is and will continue as Editor of Diabetes Digest in the UK and board member of the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. Recently he has also created free online resources, www.VoyageMD.com and www.Excarbs.com, the former dedicated to travel and diabetes and the latter focusing on exercise and insulin, as well as launching a smartphone app for people with diabetes complicated by painful neuropathy. Currently, Dr. Kerr is also working with the Diabetes Technology Society to create a certification program for health care professionals from outside of the US in the area of diabetes and technology.

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TuDiabetes Live Interview with Yishai Knobel Co-Founder and CEO of HelpAround.co

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Yishai Knobel is co-founder and CEO of HelpAround, the mobile safety net and peer support platform for people with chronic conditions.

Most recently, Yishai built the mobile-health business at Boston-based AgaMatrix, maker of iBGStar iPhone glucose monitor which is marketed today worldwide by Sanofi.

Before Agamatrix Yishai worked at Ray Ozzie’s Microsoft Startup Labs and prior to that he served 8 years in R&D leadership roles in the Israeli Army (captain). He has a BA in psychology and Computer Science, and MBA from the MIT Sloan school.

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TuDiabetes Chat with Joe Solowiejczyk RN, MSW, CDE

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Joe Solowiejczyk is a healthcare professional who has lived with Type 1 diabetes for 52 years. He is President and founder of A Mile in My Shoes, a company that publishes books & produces videos on patient self-management and psychological coping as well as providing counseling and training to patients, families and health care professionals.

Having worked in the filed of diabetes for over 35 years, Joe’s work focuses on translating his personal & professional experiences into unique patient care programs. As a nurse, diabetes educator and family therapist, he specializes in assessing how family dynamics impact the management of diabetes and designs interventions that result in more effective coping and optimal metabolic control.

Joe works extensively with both patients and professionals on the Family-Approach to Diabetes Management. He works with pediatric patients and their families in hospital clinics and private physicians’ offices, and conducts workshops nationally and abroad for parents to help them cope with their child’s diagnosis and daily challenge of living with diabetes. He designs educational and counseling programs for both children and adults with diabetes, as well as seminars for health care professionals on integrating family therapy into clinical practice.

Joe’s new e-book “A Type 1 Diabetes Guide to the Universe” comes online in April, 2014!

A Type 1 Diabetes Guide to the Universe is a new and unique e-book diabetes management manual by Joe Solowiejczyk RN MSW CDE which integrates the psychological and family dynamics aspects of coping & living with diabetes into the core of medically managing it on a daily basis. The emphasis here is on helping you and your family learn how to manage diabetes as independently as possible!

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TuDiabetes Live event with Dancer/Choreographer Debbie Allen, presenting T2 Dance Crew

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The T2 Dance Crew is a national education and wellness program launched by Janssen Pharmaceuticals together with famed dancer, choreographer, and actress Debbie Allen and the television show So You Think You Can Dance. This program aims to help millions of people with type 2 diabetes tap into the natural joy of dance and add movement to their comprehensive diabetes management approach.

Debbie Allen is an award-winning actress, director, dancer, choreographer and author.

Ms. Allen is world-recognized as a dance icon for her Golden Globe® winning portrayal of Lydia Grant on the television series Fame. She was honored as the first recipient of the Astaire Award as Best Dancer for her work on Broadway. Ms. Allen has also choreographed the Academy Awards® a record 10 times.

In the theater, Ms. Allen has starred in multiple Tony Award® winning productions and received critical acclaim for her Broadway directorial debut of an all African-American production of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. In addition, Ms. Allen has a long list of directing, producing and acting credits for television and film. She has worked with some of the top-talent in Hollywood.

Ms. Allen has been artist in residence at the Kennedy Center for more than 15 years developing major works. She is also the founder of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy in Los Angeles. As a devotee of arts education for young people, she has worked tirelessly to engage, enlighten, and inspire young people around the world through dance and theater arts.

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TuDiabetes Live Interview with Nwaokoro Joakin Chidozie, treating PWD in Nigeria

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Nwaokoro Joakin Chidozie has a BS in nursing and an MS in public health from the University of Malta. He has been a lecturer in the department of Public Health, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria since 2008. Joakin also studied diabetes at Roethampton University in London England with the sponsorship of Federation of European Nurses on Diabetes (FEND), and is currently finishing his PhD thesis on “Epidemiology, Distribution and Socioeconomic Impact of Type 2 Diabetes in Imo State, Nigeria”. He has worked in the field of nursing in Malta, New York, Toronto, Canada and London England.

Joakin founded an NGO called “Hammer Home the Glucose”, which operates with over one hundred volunteers. Their main focuses are women and children with diabetes, diabetes and hypertension screening and gestational diabetes in rural areas of Nigeria. This organization has given hope to this vulnerable group of people who would have died as a result of diabetes. This hope is substantiated by the unwavering donation of Insulin from Insulin for Life USA and of Australia. They are currently negotiating for further help with Life For A Child program for insulin donation.

Recently, Hammer Home the Glucose was hit hard by the loss of a young student who died as a result of Diabetic Ketoacidosis because she could not access insulin on time. As a result of this loss, the organization has begun screening students from different universities who are identified as high risk. Their main challenge in this effort is a lack of glucometers, test strips and other accessories.

Joakin himself has type 2 diabetes.

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TuDiabetes Live Interview with Constance Brown-Riggs, CDE, Registered Dietician and author

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Constance Brown-Riggs, MSEd, RD, CDE, CDN—an award-winning RD, certified diabetes educator, and national spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, is the author of The African American Guide to Living Well With Diabetes, which received the Favorably Reviewed designation from the American Association of Diabetes Educators; Eating Soulfully and Healthfully with Diabetes; and the forthcoming book Enjoying the Flavors of the World: A Diabetes Carbohydrate and Fat Gram Guide.

Over the course of her career, Constance has established herself as an expert in nutrition, diabetes, and the cultural issues that impact the health and health care of people of color. Her work has appeared in books for health professionals and health care consumers, and she has been a featured expert in national magazines such as Essence, Real Health, Heart & Soul, Diabetic Living, Diabetic Cooking, and Diabetes Forecast, and in newspapers across the country. She also is a regular contributor to Today’s Dietitian, also serving on the magazine’s advisory board, and to MSNBC’s theGrio.com.

Constance is past president of the New York State Dietetic Association and the Long Island Dietetic Association. Her professional honors include the 2012 Award for Excellence in Consultation and Business Practice from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the 2009 Distinguished Dietitian Award from the New York State Dietetic Association, and the 2007 Diabetes Educator of the Year from the American Dietetic Association Diabetes Care and Education Practice Group.

A national speaker for PESI HealthCare, a national provider of continuing education for health care professionals, Constance has been invited to appear as a keynote speaker, presenter, or panelist at conferences and professional meetings nationally and internationally for organizations such as the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ministry of Health, Wellness, and the Environment; the American Association of Diabetes Educators; the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; the Empire State Medical Association; the American Academy of Physical Therapy; the University of South Carolina; Dothan Alabama Leisure Services; the North Carolina Dietetic Association; the St. Louis Association of Diabetes Educators; and the New York State Office of Children & Family Services.

Learn more about her work at www.eatingsoulfully.com

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TuDiabetes Live Interview: Dr. Stephen Gitelman – GleeT1D Study

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GleeT1D is a nationwide effort to study the effect of Gleevec on people newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. This study will help medical researchers determine if a short-term course of medication can have a long-term effect on the body’s ability to preserve and make insulin-producing beta cells.

Come hear Mike Lawson interview Dr. Gitelman about this study and the value of clinical trials.

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TuDiabetes Live Interview with the creators of Jerry the Bear

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Aaron Horowitz — Chief Executive Officer

Aaron handles the hardware development, interaction design, IP strategy, business development and manufacturing relationships. He is also responsible for hiring key technical staff to build core competencies in mobile development. Aaron graduated from Northwestern University cum laude with a degree in mechatronics and user interaction design — a major he created to gain the technical know-how needed to execute Sproutel’s broad vision.

Hannah Chung — Chief Creative Officer

Hannah focuses on the overall design and user interaction of the product, medical content/curriculum, marketing, branding and customer relationships. Hannah was named one of Inc Magazine’s “Top 15 Women to Watch in Tech” in 2012. Previously, she has co-founded Design for America — a national student organization that helps student solve local social problems through design. Hannah holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University.

Jerry the Bear

Sproutel is the creator of interactive learning games for children with a chronic illness. Their first creation, Jerry the Bear, is a best friend for children diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Jerry the Bear is not an ordinary teddy bear, but an interactive learning tool. Using the principles of game based learning and Empathetic Robotics, children care for Jerry by monitoring his blood glucose levels, “feeding” him a proper diet and “administering” insulin when needed through various sensors on his body. Since Jerry’s condition mirrors their own, learning from Jerry takes the fear out of the affliction, while also teaching the child how to manage their own condition.

Jerry the Bear comes pre-loaded with a game in which the objective is to help him train for the Olympics. This creates a fun goal that children can strive toward, entirely independent from the skills that they have to learn. Since users are reaching a goal, they are encouraged to learn from their mistakes so that they can succeed within the game. The game is further constructed to unfold like a story — creating engagement and immersion in the goal of helping Jerry win the Olympics.

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TuDiabetes Live Interview with Howard Look, President and CEO of Tidepool

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Howard Look was on the founder’s team at TiVo where as VP of Software and User Experience he led the efforts that made TiVo as easy to use as it was disruptive. He was also VP of Software at Pixar, where he led the team developing Pixar’s proprietary film-making system, and at Amazon where he ran a secret software project to develop devices that leverage cloud services. At Linden Lab, he led the team that delivered the open-sourced Second Life Viewer 2.0 project. Howard has a BS in Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. His teenage daughter has T1D.

Tidepool is an open source, not-for-profit effort to build an open data platform and better applications to reduce the burden of Type 1 Diabetes.

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TuDiabetes Special event: crowdfunding and diabetes innovation, a discussion with 3 inventors

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Let’s discuss the new wave of crowdfunding to support diabetes innovation with John Sjolund, of Timesulin, Simon Carter, of ManageBGL and Tom Houlihan, of Vitalpak.
Have you ever supported a diabetes-related cause, service or product on a site like IndieGoGo or GoFundMe?
If so, what inspired you to do so, and did you keep tabs on the the recipient of your support?
Do you think crowdfunding empowers people to decide what innovations are important, or is a way for organizations to get funding without the accountability required by other funding sources?
Join us to discuss these questions and more!

Simon Carter
Australian software engineer and ‘traveller nut’ Simon Carter, who has had type 1 diabetes for 25 years, has created a world-first method for predicting blood glucose levels. ManageBGL gives people with diabetes the calculation and tracking tools of an $8000 insulin pump.

Tom Houlihan
Tom and his son, Kyle, worked together to design/develop the Vitalpak, a true example of the napkin-drawing-to-final-product process. The Vitalpak is a medical backpack designed for those with Diabetes. They hope to bring this product to the retail market.

John Sjölund
John Sjölund is the CEO and co-founder of Patients Pending Ltd, a company created to help build innovative products for those with chronic conditions, in particular diabetes. John has lived with Type 1 diabetes since the age of four and, in 2009, gathered a team to create Timesulin, the company’s first product, aiming to help solve daily anxiety in an easy-to-use way.

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