There are so many extraordinary grassroots advocates making a difference in their local communities that we’re honored to highlight their tireless work with an ongoing series, fittingly titled “Amazing Diabetes Advocates“!
This month we’re bringing you Tamar Sofer-Geri, mom to 12-year-old Tia, who was diagnosed with type 1 three years ago. Tamar is founder and Executive Director of Carb DM (get the reference?!), a support group for families dealing with diabetes in the San Francisco…
We’re now at the end of the fifth month of 2012, which is simply amazing — how quickly this year is going by! With the summer months arriving soon and bringing a lot of diabetes conference activity, we feel especially motivated to highlight all the great posts from this past month. So, in no particular order, here are some of our recent favorites from the Diabetes Online Community:
How can we not recognize Diabetes Blog Week,…
We love grassroots advocates — regular folks who recognize a need in their community and step up to the plate! Earlier this year, we decided these unsung heroes of the diabetes community deserved a spotlight of their own, which is why we launched our Amazing Advocates series. This month, we’re highlighting Merle Gleeson, a PWD for nearly 50 (!) years who founded the Type 1 Diabetes Lounge almost 15 years ago. As far as diabetes…
By AmyT on April 27, 2012
After four amazing years of hosting the DiabetesMine Design Challenge, we launched a new chapter in our efforts to bring innovative thinking to the diabetes community! In September 2011, we hosted the first-ever DiabetesMine Innovation Summit on Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, CA.
This exclusive, invitation-only event was an historic gathering of different stakeholders involved in creating tools for life with diabetes. Sixty attendees included informed patient advocates, device designers, Pharma Marketing and R&D…
By AmyT on April 27, 2012
The DiabetesMine Innovation Project began in 2007 as an idea to improve the functionality and aesthetics of the medical devices and tools that patients with diabetes use — and often wear on their bodies — every day of their lives. The initiative went viral, and quickly developed from online conversations into an international crowdsourcing competition that has awarded over $50,000 in prize money over the years…
In 2011, we launched the next phase of the Project:…
