International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes

My guest today is a man who has spent his entire career on the front lines of pediatric diabetes care, not just in one country, but internationally.

He trained in Berlin, worked at Joslin Diabetes Center, ran Germany's largest pediatric diabetes center for nearly two decades, and has served as president of both the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes and the German Diabetes Association.

Today, he serves as the chief medical officer of Breakthrough T1D, the organization hosting this very event, where his entire mission is to close the gap between the breakthroughs happening in research labs and the real people who need them.

Today, we are talking about what Breakthrough T1D is doing to end Type 1 diabetes, the research, the investments, and the steps that stand between where we are today and a world where no one has to inject insulin.

In this role, she established the main strategies for ASPED in the UAE and throughout the region, and she continues to educate and mentor so many others interested in this profession.

Her work has enabled ASPED to become part of the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes, ISPAD, which and they will be getting ready to host that international meeting for ISPAD in Abu Dhabi in 2022.

So I could continue and go on forever about how excited I am to have Dr. Asma with us, but let's go to the show.

Dr. Asma, thank you so much for joining us today.