It seems nearly everyone knows Nicole Johnson. They remember her as Miss America 1999, they’ve seen her at conferences, on social media. All that, plus the fact that she always seems to have a smile on her face, makes people forget that she is actually Doctor Nicole Johnson, who is the first person to earn a Doctor of Public Health degree at the University of South Florida. Moreover, she is actually doing something important and meaningful with that distinction. That’s why you’ll hear me refer to her as Dr. Johnson, rather than Nicole, throughout our talk. She’s earned that right.
In this episode of Diabetes By The Numbers, Dr. Johnson lets us in on the groundbreaking Postdoctoral Diabetes Fellowship Program that she’s running out of the University of South Florida.
Part patient-facing, part research, five women from around the country will be taking part over the next year in a program that will develop and enhance their understanding of the complex relationship between human behavior and diabetes. Definitely a subject worth further scrutiny. The fellows will be mentored by doctors at the head of the class in this subject, including Dr. Johnson herself, Dr. Korey Hood at Stanford, Dr. Lori Laffel at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, and Dr. Jill Weissberg-Benchel at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago.
I would tell you more, but I prefer to defer to Dr. Johnson for the rest.
Dr. Nicole Johnson is Executive Director of Bringing Science Home:
http://bringingsciencehome.com
Bringing Science Home is involved in a number of initiatives, including, but not limited to:
Students With Diabetes
http://hscweb3.hsc.usf.edu/studentswithdiabetes/
Diabetes Partners
http://hscweb3.hsc.usf.edu/bringingsciencehome/diabetes-partners/
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Bea Sparks has been living with Type 2 Diabetes since 2000. She lives in the Chicago area and is an amazing, outstanding advocate for everyone living with diabetes.
She writes at the blogs crankypancreas.com and TheType2Experience.com.
Today, we speak about Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes advocates, how they respond in social media to news of the day, and... division where there should be no division.
©Stephen Shaul
Katy Killilea joins me on the first episode of this new podcast.
Katy writes at the diabetes blog BigFootChildHaveDiabetes.com. She was recently diagnosed with diabetes, and her son lives with Type 1 diabetes and celiac disease.
Our conversation revolves around creating and submitting 504 plans for your child with diabetes, and submitting them to your local school district. Many nuggets of information in a short amount of time.
Thanks for listening!
© Stephen Shaul