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Exciting Centre Update!
Today we celebrated Australia's first JDRF Global Centre of Excellence, now part of the Children's Diabetes Centre at the Perth Children's Hospital.
The event was a Virtual Launch to share our vision of the Centre which is to help children and families living with diabetes live longer and healthier lives.
The Rio Tinto Diabetes Research Centre - A JDRF Global Centre of Excellence is the only pediatric JDRF Global Centre of Excellence in the world with collaborators representing every state in Australia as well as world-leading institutions in the USA, Canada, Sweden, New Zealand and Scotland.
Thank you to the community who were involved in the scientific launch. We will send an email to all clinic families containing details on how to access the video of the event in coming days.
If you live with Type 1 diabetes or are a parent or family member caring for a child with Type 1 diabetes and would like to be involved in this exciting initiative, please email Leanne at community@childrensdiabetesresearch.org.au to find out more.
Stay tuned to hear more about the official launch soon.
Crippa's Fun Footy Clinic
Diabetes Research Western Australia invites children aged 6-16 living with type 1 and type 2 diabetes to join West Coast Eagles champion Jamie Cripps for a fun-filled footy clinic.
Join Jamie and his footy friends from the West Coast Eagles male and female teams on Wednesday 16th February from 4.30pm for a kick and to learn some new skills while having fun. The clinic will run for 3 hours and will include a take-home goodie bag, a delicious healthy BBQ, a tour of the West Coast Eagles Facility at Mineral Resources Park, and a few more surprises...
Please register your interest via email.
Preparing for School in 2022
As we prepare for the end of the school year, now is the time to plan ahead and make sure your school has an up-to-date diabetes management and action plan, an essential document that guides how schools support students with diabetes, for the start of 2022.
Medtronic 780G Exciting News
Medtronic have announced the release of the new Medtronic pump – the 780G with Smartguard features. It is an advanced hybrid closed-loop system that uses a new algorithm when in automode that includes auto corrections every 5 mins if necessary.
Congrats Dr Mary Abraham
Congratulations to Dr Mary Abraham from Perth Children's Hospital and Telethon Kids Institute who has been awarded a Diabetes Research Western Australia grant valued at $60,000 for her study into the use of oral insulin in type 1 diabetes.
App Making Exercise Safer
PCH Endocrinologist and Head of Exercise Research at the Telethon Kids Institute Diabetes Centre, Dr Vinutha B. Shetty, is featured in last month's Medical Forum magazine. She discusses what the acT1ve app does and why there's a need for the app.
Recruits needed!
Our researchers are exploring the needs of young people with type 1 diabetes to be physically active. We are looking for adolescents aged 14-17 years with type 1 diabetes and parents of adolescents to give us some insight into their experiences around physical activity so that we can develop a physical activity program.
New Study!
We are looking for young Australians aged 14-17 years with type 1 diabetes to take part in a study of a self-compassion program delivered via zoom. The study involves weekly sessions (1.5 hours per week) for 8 weeks. To be eligible you will need to be diagnosed with T1D and using continuous glucose monitoring.
Improving Quality of Life
New research led by Dr Mary Abraham has found the hybrid closed-loop (HCL) system, a device that is a step towards an artificial pancreas, gives better glucose control and improves quality of life in young people living with type 1 diabetes
Share Your Story
Would you like to share your story to help others in our community to better understand what it is like to live with diabetes or care for someone who does? If you are a parent, carer or live with diabetes yourself, we want to hear from you.
Festive Season Tips
We asked our Head of Nutrition Research and Accredited Practising Dietitian, Dr Amelia Harray, for her top nutrition tips and recipes to help you enjoy food and stay on track with managing diabetes over Christmas.
JDRF One Talk with Prof Davis
Have you had the chance to watch Professor Liz Davis on the JDRF Australia Instagram page? Liz did an Instagram takeover to discuss the Diabetes research she's involved in and why she does it.
World Diabetes Day
In celebration of World Diabetes Day (earlier this month) and this years' theme - 100 years of insulin, we took a walk down memory lane to the youngest child in WA to start on an insulin pump. Pictured in 1999 and again this year (over 20 years later), April Welsh and Professor Tim Jones - Co-director of the Children's Diabetes Centre - recently reunited in support of diabetes research.
