Much attention has recently been given, at both a state as well as a national level, the challenges associated with the rising costs of insulin. Indeed, staff from the American Diabetes Association recently provided congressional testimony on this topic, noting it an unacceptable situation. When discussed, information is often provided…
https://diabetes.ufl.edu/files/2018/08/Schatz_ADA-Position-Statemet.mp4 Dr. Desmond Schatz, medical director of the UF Diabetes Institute and past president of medicine & science of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), is the senior author of the ADA’s position statement “Type 1 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents”. Read the ADA’s position statement: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/…/ea…/2018/07/19/dci18-0023.
Matthew Gurka, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics (HOBI) at UF and associate director of UF’s Institute for Child Health Policy (ICHP), was selected to serve as a member of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) Kidney, Nutrition, Obesity…
Dr. Sarah Westen, postdoctoral fellow, PHHP department of clinical and health psychology Psychological support is crucial for helping children with Type 1 diabetes and their families manage the disease, yet there are few child psychologists with expertise in the unique aspects of coping with and managing the illness.
