Sansum Diabetes Research Institute

RESEARCH: Research related to improving the lives of people impacted by diabetes in all forms. For over a decade, SDRI has been a global leader in the development of the Artificial Pancreas (AP), partnering with such illustrious institutions as Harvard University, University of California, Santa Barbara, Mayo Clinic, Mount Sinai Medical Center and the University of Virginia, to name just a few. The goal of the AP system is to provide automated glucose regulation through controlled insulin delivery in response to detected patterns of change In2018, SDRI and its collaborators were awarded the first ever research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) testing the AP system in pregnancy. SDRI scientists also engage in research and clinical studies testing new devices and medications as well as investigator initiated research designed to understand the diabetes process and optimize treatment. Recently SDRI has embarked on 2 new initiatives aimed at reducing ...

CARE: SDRI provides clinical care in 3 areas: diabetes and pregnancy, and pediatric and adult endocrinology. In the last year alone, our staff have helped 147 women navigate the difficult road of a pregnancy complicated by diabetes to deliver healthy babies. It wasnt so long ago that women with diabetes were told not to have children given the risk of possible birth defects. Our late Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Lois Jovanovic developed the protocols that helped women with diabetes worldwide give birth to healthy babies. Her work continues today. Our diabetes and pregnancy clinical care program supports women with either Type 1, Type 2 or gestational diabetes. Our pediatric endocrinologist specializes in working with children and teenagers make the best use of technology today in managing their diabetes, whether using a Continuous Glucose Monitor or Insulin Pump or both.

EDUCATION: SDRI conducts multi-faceted education series throughout the community to residents with or at risk of diabetes. This includes classes aimed at certain target populations. To help women whose pregnancies are complicated by diabetes, SDRI offers education for before, during and after pregnancy to give women with diabetes the same chance of birthing a healthy baby as women without diabetes. All of our classes including nutrition and cooking class are taught in both English and Spanish. SDRIs Diabetes Self-Management Education Services (DSMES) are fully accredited by the American Diabetes Association and accreditation is anticipated to be granted in Fall 2019 by the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Mobile screening and education outreach sessions have reached nearly 1,000 community members and the program has been able to identify those at risk of diabetes or with prediabetes or with full blown diabetes and move them to both more structured educational programs ...