

Diabetes Action Canada
Our Network consists of a diverse team of patient partners, researchers, diabetes specialists, primary care practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, data specialists, and health policy experts committed to improving the lives of persons living with diabetes.
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Researcher Profile – Dr. Alexander Singer

New study looks at essential requirements for the governance of data repositories

Diabetes Action Canada Celebrates the work of Dr. Michelle Greiver
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T1D and AI in Diabetic Retinopathy Screening
Podcasts

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 Reshape T1D project tries to understand how people interact with the health care system by involving those living with T1D and their clinicians in designing the research process.
Our guests are Jamie Boisvenue, a PhD student at the Alberta Diabetes Institute and the University of Alberta, and Patient Partner Kathleen Gibson. They are hoping to highlight have lived experience to help clinicians provide better patient-forward care.
T1D Screening Program Engages Patient Partners
Tamara Beardy Completes 900K Run for Diabetes Awareness
Beyond clinical trials: How to leverage your story in diabetes research
Facts on Diabetes
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A diabetes diagnosis occurs every 3 minutes in Canada
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Over 3 Million Canadians have diabetes and millions more are at risk of developing diabetes
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Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in working-age Canadians
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Diabetes and its complications cost the health care system $27 billion in 2018
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Up to half of Canadian Indigenous Adolescents have multiple risk factors for type-2 diabetes
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