{"601024":{"#nid":"601024","#data":{"type":"event","title":"IPaT Thursday Think Tank: Innovative Technology Approaches to Combatting Diabetes","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENetworking: 3:30 pm\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDiscussion: 3:45 - 5:00 pm\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe diabetes epidemic in the United States (US) continues to grow in scale and impact on people\u0026rsquo;s health.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThough our knowledge of effective techniques for\u0026nbsp;prevention and\u0026nbsp;management has significantly increased, major gaps persist:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E1) The\u0026nbsp;proportion of people with undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetes has not\u0026nbsp;improved;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E2) Engagement in prevention and diabetes management is\u0026nbsp;exceedingly low; and\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E3) Young\u0026nbsp;adults and disenfranchised populations with diabetes fare poorly in\u0026nbsp;terms of control.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMobile health approaches could lead to major changes by reaching new populations and enabling effective patient engagement!\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this IPaT Thursday Think Tank, we will meet with experts from the Georgia Center for Diabetes Translation Research (GCDTR) to discuss the basics of diabetes prevention and management. Our goal is to bootstrap, motivate and inform projects in mobile health and health informatics. Come with your ideas and come ready to learn why it is so important for our research community to tackle key problems in diabetes prevention and management.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EModerators:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EMohammed K. Ali, MBChB, MSc, MBA\u003C\/strong\u003E, Associate Director, Georgia Center for Diabetes Translation Research; Emory Global Diabetes\u0026nbsp;Research Center\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMary Beth Weber, \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPhD\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, MPH\u003C\/strong\u003E,\u0026nbsp;Assistant Professor, Global Health and faculty member in Nutrition and Health Sciences Program,\u0026nbsp;Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EElizabeth Mynatt, \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPhD\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, MS\u003C\/strong\u003E., Executive Director, Institute for People and Technology;\u0026nbsp;Distinguished Professor, College of Computing;\u0026nbsp;Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout GCDTR\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Georgia, where disparities in diabetes\u0026nbsp;outcomes are particularly apparent, Emory University, Georgia Tech, and the\u0026nbsp;Morehouse School of Medicine collaboratively\u0026nbsp;established the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gcdtr.org\/index.html\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Center for Diabetes Translation Research\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(GCDTR)\u0026nbsp;funded by the National Institute of Diabetes\u0026nbsp;and Digestive and Kidney\u0026nbsp;Diseases (NIDDK - P30DK111024) and inter\u2010institutional partners.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Come learn how to create an effective mobile app to help prevent or manage diabetes."}],"uid":"27980","created_gmt":"2018-01-18 22:44:51","changed_gmt":"2019-10-07 14:23:21","author":"Alyson Key","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2018-01-25T15:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2018-01-25T17:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2018-01-25T17:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2018-01-25 20:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2018-01-25 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2018-01-25 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"116981","name":"Think Tank"},{"id":"12888","name":"IPaT"},{"id":"11726","name":"Institute for People and Technology"},{"id":"49591","name":"Diabetes"},{"id":"176805","name":"mobile application"},{"id":"148261","name":"IPaT Thursday Think Tank"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}