Exciting new research from the Drs. Bruce Perkins and Ahmad Haidar labs has been published in Nature Medicine. This project looks at how a combination therapy could have the potential to improve blood sugar control and the performance of an artificial pancreas. The paper, “Empagliflozin add-on therapy to closed-loop insulin delivery in type 1 diabetes: […]

By Krista Lamb On June 6, Dr. Gary Lewis, Scientific Co-Lead for Diabetes Action Canada, and outgoing Director of the Banting & Best Diabetes Centre, received the 2022 Edwin Bierman Award from the American Diabetes Association (ADA). This award is presented to a researcher who has made outstanding scientific contributions to the understanding and treatment […]

The Diabetes Action Canada (DAC) Training and Mentoring Program and Diabetes Canada in collaboration with The Canadian Islet Research and Training Network (CIRTN), The Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program (CCHCSP), the Empowering Next-generation Researchers in perinatal and Child Health (ENRICH) and the Maximize your Research on Obesity and Diabetes (myROaD) training platforms are excited […]

By Krista Lamb While the involvement of people living with diabetes has become a critical and effective part of the research process in recent years, it is still not the norm in basic or foundational research. This is the sort of lab-based research that looks at the physiological aspects of diabetes, such as cells and […]

  In April, Diabetes Action Canada’s Digital Health Solutions for Learning Health Systems program received a Data Champions Pilot Project Grant from the Digital Research Alliance of Canada. This grant will support the ongoing work of our team as it looks at ways to use health data to improve outcomes for people living with diabetes. […]

The McMaster Collaborative for Health and Aging is a new resource that supports patient-oriented research and which will help to improve the health system for older adults and caregivers. Diabetes Action Canada researcher, Dr. Maureen Markle-Reid, is the Scientific Lead for this program and Diabetes Action Canada’s Dr. Rebecca Ganann is the Collaborative’s acting lead. […]

By Krista Lamb On March 31st, the Government of Canada announced new funding to support training and development programs in the health care space. Diabetes Action Canada is pleased that our new Training and Mentoring program co-lead Dr. André Tchernof at the Université Laval, received one of these awards, entitled Maximize your Research on Obesity […]

By Krista Lamb As Diabetes Action Canada completes its first six years of funding, our Network membership is also shifting. One major change is that Dr. Alex McComber, who has expertly led our Indigenous Patient Circle and co-led our program on Indigenous Peoples’ Health since 2016, will be stepping down from this role. McComber, a […]