National Diabetes Repository Facilitates Research on Drug Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes
By Krista Lamb New research led by Dr. Darren Lau at the University of Alberta uses data from Diabetes Action Canada’s National Diabetes Repository to look at whether people with type 2 diabetes should have access to newer drug therapies. The results of this study have been published in the Canadian Journal of Diabetes. “There […]
Diabetes Action Canada 2.0 Launches!
Diabetes Action Canada’s next phase is launching, with exciting new programs and plans that will take the learnings from the last six years and begin the process of implementing them to improve health outcomes. This second stage is made possible thanks to a new round of funding from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research […]
Diabetes Action Canada Research Published in Nature Medicine
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: […]
Dr. Gary Lewis Receives the 2022 ADA Edwin Bierman Award
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 […]
ULTRA Scientists Day (ULtimate Trainee Retreat to Advance Scientists Day)
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 […]
Islet Biologists Work with Patient Partners on New Publication
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 fundamental research. This is the sort of lab-based research that looks at the physiological aspects of diabetes, such as cells and […]
Data Champions Grant Helps Support Diabetes Action Canada Programs
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. […]
New Resource: Collaborative for Health and Aging
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. […]
New Funding Supports Diabetes Action Canada Training and Mentoring Program
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 […]
Patient-partnered research in Ontario the focus of a special Healthcare Quarterly issue
A special issue of Healthcare Quarterly focuses on the impact of patient-partnered research in Ontario. Several of the featured projects are from Diabetes Action Canada researchers and provide finding from work with Diabetes Action Canada Patient Partners. Dr. Rebecca Ganann from McMaster University co-authored an article on Empowering and Accelerating Impacts of Patient-Oriented Research. Dr. […]
