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What's New in December 2024

NEW presentations from BDI staff:

Addressing Fears When Starting Insulin. This recent episode of The Huddle (from ADCES) features Dr. Guzman (BDI Director of Clinical Education) speaking on an important subject for healthcare professionals.
The Emotional Side of Diabetes: Time for A Paradigm Shift. Watch the ADCES 2024 Keynote Address from Dr. Fisher (BDI Research Director). It is terrific!

New Scientific Publications

BDI staff served as co-authors on three new publications this month:

  • How Might We Tell if Advances in Diabetes Care and Technology are Helping People to Feel Less Constrained? Introducing the Diabetes Constraints Scale.
  • Understanding the different stages of type 1 diabetes and their management: a plain language summary.
  • Towards standardization of person-reported outcomes (PROs) in pediatric diabetes research: A consensus report.

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Monthly Events

May 7OMEGA Conference
May 7: As a keynote speaker at OMEGA, the First International Conference on Once-Weekly Glycated Albumin Monitoring for Diabetes, Dr. Polonsky (BDI President) will be presenting on “Glucose Monitoring and Behavior Change” (Tokyo, Japan).
May 14Case Consultation
May 14: BDI hosts the San Diego-wide, monthly case consultation meeting (for mental health professionals working in the field of diabetes). Contact us at [email protected] if you are in the greater San Diego area and would like further information about this program.
May 18T1D Meet Up
May 18: Time for another T1D meet-up! Our friends and colleagues at GrownupT1Ds, a wonderful nonprofit here in southern California, is organizing another fun social event for adults with type 1 diabetes. This time it is a Walk, Talk & Picnic, and it begins at 11 am at the Bommer Canyon Trail (1 Sunnyhill, Irvine, CA). 92084. This event is free, but please RSVP Kelly Daes at www.grownupt1ds.org.
May 23SITEC 2025
May 23: Dr. Polonsky will be presenting (virtually) on “Far Beyond Time in Range: Exploring the Promises and Limitations of CGM” at SITEC 2025, Innovation and Technology Transforming Diabetes Care (Sao Paolo, Brazil). https://sitec.diabetes.org.br/

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Recent Publications

During 2024, BDI staff authored or co-authored 24 scientific publications (which includes the 3 new ones highlighted above) and 8 published abstracts at major scientific meetings. You can see the full list right HERE. Our work has covered a wide range, including studies on diabetes distress, the value of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) for people with diabetes, the impact of diabetes medications on quality of life, the benefits of diabetes technology for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, diabetes stigma, and more.

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