Breakthrough T1D

I am joined with my co-host, Natalie Bellini, and we have a very exciting episode with a special guest, Dr. Brynn Marks.

who is the Senior Director of Medical Affairs at Breakthrough T1D.

And today we are going to talk about a new paper called The Roadmap to Fully Closing the Loop to Optimize Health in Type 1 Diabetes, where Dr.

Marks was the leading author.

So Dr.

Marks, we are so excited to have you here today.

And if you don't mind, if you could just tell us a little bit about yourself and how you came into this role at Breakthrough T1D.

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plenty of groups out there too you know it's not like i'm i'm doing this in the us right now but we plan on going international within the next two or three years there's plenty of groups out there that offer all kinds of different outdoor activities you know there's plenty of local meetup groups you've got i know jdrf has their their type one bike rides all throughout europe too there's plenty of people that you can connect with if you're not from the States and your local areas.

And even if you started up, you can get people to come do it because there are people, if you're thinking about doing it, there's somebody else out there who's thinking about doing it too.

That's so true.

So they gave me a load of leaflets, a load of books.

And one particular one that I remember was from JDRF, which is now called Breakthrough T1D, one of the charities, type one charities.

And while we were waiting for the baby to arrive, I basically just read all the way through that book and give me a great understanding of what diabetes was, what I needed to do.

And then it was just numbers from there onwards, and it has been for the last

And I talk about where I'm speaking on social.

I'm going to be in Tampa right at the beginning of the year in January at the Breakthrough T1D Summit.

So that's one.

If you're in Florida, come see me.

However, when researchers adjusted for the total amount of red meat consumed, the association was no longer statistically significant, so they can't say whether the sugar itself is responsible here.

Expect more study.

Earlier this month, Breakthrough T1D held its very first clinical and research congress.

They said it was, quote, a landmark gathering of the global T1D community, bringing together world-renowned clinicians, researchers, scientists, healthcare professionals, industry leaders, people with lived experience, and community advocates, all with the goal of improving lives and driving toward a world without type 1.

I think I started during Annie doing, I mean, a, a bunch of charity work and telethons and, you know, just, just showing up to help raise money, but, or awareness.

But I think my first sort of ambassadorship was for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation maybe while I was still in Annie, I believe, and then the American Lung Association ambassador I was.

So yeah, it's important, important work.

And you got to go to the White House.

There was a high you could correct, but if there was lows, those were harder 'cause he's sound asleep and you're trying to get him to have some juice or have some, you know, something sugar to get those numbers back up.

Shannon gives a lot of credit to JDRF, which raises funds for research, prevention, maybe even a cure someday, as well as giving assistance to families learning how to live a new life.

You don't feel alone.

I think that's one of the things that we've learned, is there's so many families out there that are going through the same thing that we are, and JDRF is making so many advances in their research, and even have developed testing as a precursor to try to prevent, you know, the onset of diabetes.

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