Events

 

Join us at Joslin's Ginger Forum 2023!

This new, interactive educational Ginger event will be held in person at the Joslin Diabetes Center.

Patients, their families and caregivers, health professionals in clinical practice, research, and health advocacy will come together to learn, network, and collaborate together.

The AADI will share its updates and bring experts to discuss the latest findings around diabetes among Asian Americans – treatments, management, education, technologies, screenings, and prevention.

Participants will learn actionable next steps for screening, better managing diabetes, and advocacy actions they can take in their specialized fields or in their communities.

Space is limited, save your spot today by email ( aadi@joslin.harvard.edu) and mark your calendars for Joslin's Ginger Forum 2023!

Tickets are now available on Eventbrite linked here 

Ginger Forum 2023 Agenda.pdf

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"Hidden fat' puts Asian Americans at risk of diabetes. How lifestyle changes can help" by NPR

Here's an article about what we've been working on - "Screen at 23" national campaign! So far, we have had Hawaii, California, Massachusetts, Illinois, Washington, and Virginia passed the resolution and the next is NY! Take a look at our latest webinars, "Diabetes and South Asian Americans: How Screen at 23 Helps Close the Disparity Gap in New York" and "Screen at 23 in New York: Addressing Asian American Invisibility"

For more information regarding the Screen at 23, please check here (https://aadi.joslin.org/en/screen-at-23)

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AADI video series, “Let’s Talk About...”, where we talk about many topics, we are all wondering about – living with diabetes, COVID-19 and vaccines, pregnancy and gestational diabetes, emotional and physical stress, and more!

Episode #4 welcomes Dr. Sally Ho, who has a private practice in Beverly Hills and has been a physical therapist for more than 40 years and Ms. Jacqueline Shahar, who is a Clinical Exercise Physiologist and Diabetes Care and Education Specialist at Joslin Diabetes Center.

We will talk about how we can move forward, by improving your balance and mobility. Learn how mind and body are connected, try some moves we can do at home with Dr. Sally Ho to improve the balance, and how it helps our daily life moving forward during and beyond COVID!

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Joslin Japanese Researchers' Forum

第一回ジョスリン糖尿病センター 日本人研究者の集い

*Registration link will be updated at a later time

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Join us for Diabetes and South Asian Americans: How Screen at 23 Helps Close the Disparity Gap in New York on Wednesday, May 10^th, 2023 from 7PM-8PM ET to discuss the Screen at 23 Initiative, which aims to address diabetes inequities among Asian Americans. 

To learn more about what is Screen at 23 and the importance, refer to our Screen at 23 tab linked here 

The webinar recording is now available

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Our panel of experts from Joslin Diabetes Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health will present on diabetes, obesity and nutrition. They will also offer guidance on how Asian Americans can prevent or better manage diabetes and what to be mindful of with foods we enjoy every day. 

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AADI is excited to join as a community table for Belmont's AAPI Run 2023. Their mission is to to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month every year in May through various events, highlighting the achievemnts and contributions of AAPI backgrounds, and to bring a sense of belonging for the AAPI community in Belmont. 

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AADI is very excited to join the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organization (AAPCHO)'s "Non-Clinical Approaches to Empower Asian American Patients with Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes" Learning Collaborative! We will be joining on the 2nd session, on Tuesday May 2nd 1-2:30pm

This Learning Collaborative's intended participants are for health centers, primary care associations and community organizations who are interested in diabetes management and prevention for Asian American's.

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Karen Lau will be speaking at the Association of Diabetes Care & Edcation Specialists (ADCES) "Cultural and Health Literacy Considerations with Diabetes" on March 4, 2023. 

​The AADI is kicking off new clinical research, it is a pilot study titled “A Pilot Clinical Trial to Assess Feasibility, Facilitators and Barriers of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Asian Americans with Type 2 Diabetes” The study aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of using continuous glucose monitors (CGM) in Asian Americans with type 2 diabetes, as well as the various factors that may promote or hinder its use. Asian Americans (AA) have the highest undiagnosed rate of type 2 diabetes compared to all other ethnic and racial groups, according to NHANES. Studying Asian Americans as one group is very challenging as there are 21 different Asian American sub-ethnicities. In this pilot and feasibility trial, we will initially focus on Chinese Americans as the targeted population. This study will be conducted at Joslin Diabetes Center by Dr. George L. King and his research team. This study is funded by the National Institutes of Health.  

If you are interested in this study and would like to learn if you meet the criteria, please reach out to the Study Coordinator Julia Li at 617-309-3444 and leave a message.

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Dr. George King has been chosen for the historic first time list of Get Konnected! Boston's 50 Most Influential Asian-American Pacific Islanders! Congratulations to Dr. King!

​Karen Lau, MS, RND, LND, CDCES will be presenting a vritual seminar on "Providing Inclusive Diabetes Care" at the Center for Innovative Diabetes Education (CIDE) Forum on January 25, 2023. 

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Dr. Sanjeev Mehta MD, MPH is a Chief Medical Officer (interim) and Vice President at Joslin Diabetes Center. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School. He will be leading a talk on "Type 2 Diabetes in South Asians: Understanding Prevention, Treatment and Remission" webinar part of the Health and Wellness series  hosted by the Indian Circle Caring USA, Inc. 

Registration is required, use this link to register for the webinar

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Congratulations to Dr. George King, Chief Scientific Officer, who has been named the inaugural incumbent of the Joslin-established Thomas J. Beatson, Jr Professor of Medicine in the Field of Diabetes endowed chair at Harvard Medical School (HMS). This newly established chair was made possible by an extraordinary $4 million dollar gift to Joslin from the Thomas J. Beatson, Jr. Foundation.

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AADI will be hosting a webinar on Screen at 23 with Chinese American Medical Society (CAMS). Join us on Zoom for this event!

Join the conversation about Screen at 23, Asian Americans are at higher risk for developing diabetes at a lower Body Mass Index (BMI). Dr. George King joins a panel of diabetes and public health experts, hosted by the Chinese American Medical Society. 

To learn more about what is Screen at 23 and the importance, refer to our Screen at 23 tab linked here 

The webinar recording is now available