Patient Partnership in Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are the way we test new drugs or therapies on people, and they're incredibly important to moving diabetes research forward. However, they can be challenging and complicated to develop ...
16 Feb 202429min
Supporting the Mental Health Needs of People with Type 1 Diabetes
Diabetes is a 24-hour condition with no vacations or days off. Those who live with it understand that diabetes distress – the term for mental health challenges specific to diabetes – is very real and ...
15 Jan 202432min
Improving Access to Eye Screening for Newcomers to Canada
Often newcomers don't know about access to eye screening, or there are cultural or other barriers that aren't being addressed. But early detection of diabetic retinopathy can save sight and have a hug...
9 Nov 202331min
Reshaping How we Research Type 1 Diabetes
On this episode of Actions on Diabetes, host Krista Lamb will be chatting with two guests who are looking at ways to improve the coordination of care for people living with type 1 diabetes. The Reshap...
7 Jun 202323min
Health Coaching Program Research Project
Host Krista Lamb talks with Dr. Diana Sherifali from McMaster University's School of Nursing and Patient Partner Seeta Ramdass who are working together on a project aimed at using virtual health coach...
20 Mar 202329min
Islet Biologists Embrace Patient-Oriented Research
Think Patient Partners can't participate in discovery-level research? Think again! Host Krista Lamb talks with Dr. Rob Screaton from the University of Toronto, Patient Partner Zoe Hilton and trainee s...
15 Feb 202329min
Researching ways to manage hypoglycemia
On this episode Dr. Anne-Sophie Brazeau and Nathalie Kinnard discuss the BETTER registry and the research they are doing in Quebec to help people with T1D manage or prevent hypoglycemia.
31 Aug 202130min
Reducing the Risk of Diabetic Retinopathy
While people living with diabetes are at increased risk for diabetic retinopathy, they often face barriers to getting their eyes checked—or simply don't know they need to go every year. In this episod...
11 Aug 202124min
