
Kate Gajewska
Dr Kate Gajewska, Advocacy and Research Manager at Diabetes Ireland, clinical researcher and psychologist living with type 1 diabetes.
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Jun 5, 2026
Five year roadmap for national action on diabetes published
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You were diagnosed very young.

Kate GajewskaGUEST
Yes, I was diagnosed as a 16-month-old child, which was a long time ago, 1987.

Kate GajewskaGUEST
Times were very different and the development of technology, research, treatments was very, very different.

Kate GajewskaGUEST
So when I was diagnosed, my parents were actually told that I'll definitely develop all diabetes-related complications.
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Ideally, for someone like you who is born and is diagnosed with diabetes early in their life, what difference would you like a plan like this to make to their lives?
Episode 42: DICE 2026 - The Highlights
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Kate GajewskaGUEST
So one of the, one of the priorities of the strategy, uh, was to highlight the need to develop the psychology teams.

Kate GajewskaGUEST
The strategy also highlights supports for organizations such as Diabetes Ireland, uh, to work on supporting people with diabetes and within Diabetes Ireland have programs to support them, mental health and wellbeing programs.

Kate GajewskaGUEST
We have, uh, dreams, type 1 dreams for people with adults with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes.

Kate GajewskaGUEST
So it's all has been recognized, and even from the point of view of the conference itself and agenda was full of psychology-related topics.
