Learn more about us, the Asian American Diabetes  Initiative (AADI) at Joslin Diabetes Center! Find out ways that you can join our effort in improving the quality of life of those who have diabetes. This booklet was created for our annual fundraising event, A Taste of Ginger, in 2012.

Learn about diabetes management and set health goals for each season. "Healthy Living for All Seasons" was a year-round event funded by Tufts Health Foundation in 2014.

Use this chart in converting between the units that you are more familiar with and the units that are commonly used in the United States.

A directions that you can take with you as you find your way to Joslin Diabetes Center

Comorbidities such as diabetes increase the hospitalization and mortality rate of COVID-19. Here are some tips that help manage diabetes better to prevent COVID-19.

AADI Accomplishment Since 2000

A practical guide on taking great care of yourself and your loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic. This booklet covers many topics that are helpful for those with diabetes and those who live with or care for them.

Our "Diabetes Prevention and Management: A Guide for Asian Americans" in Korean. This is a practical guide on taking great care of yourself and your loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic. This booklet covers many topics that are helpful for those with diabetes and those who live with or care for them.

This reference list accompanies the 2020 AADI Education Booklet "Diabetes Prevention and Management: A Guide for Asian Americans."

RISE (Reduce, Increase, Sleep, and Exercise) takes scientific evidence based recommendations from the Diabetes Reset by Dr. George King and turns them in seven steps. These recommendations, about diet, exercise, stress reduction, and other actions can be followed by anyone bu are targeted towards Asian Americans.

Template to Help Spread Screen at 23. The details are inside: the science, signifiance, and the impract we can have.

Slides from Dr. Raynald Samoa - Diabetes Through a Health Equity Lens for the 5th Annual Lawrence and Evelyn Wing Family Lectureship on Diabetes

Slides from Asian American Social Challenges and Health Care during COVID-19 on Diabetes featuring Dr. George King

Slides from Asian American Social Challenges and Health Care during COVID-19 - Pregnancy featuring Dr. Lucy Chie

Slides from Asian American Social Challenges and Health Care during COVID-19 - Hepatitis featuring Dr. Daryl Lau

Digital program book for Ginger Forum 2023. This new, interactive educational Ginger event was held in person at the Joslin Diabetes Center on October 21, 2023. 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.

Cardiometabolic Health of South Asian Americans, Alka Kanaya, MD. Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Joslin’s Asian American Diabetes Initiative (AADI) is excited to host the 2nd interactive Ginger Forum, inviting patients, their families and caregivers, health professionals in clinical practice, research, and health advocacy to learn, network, and collaborate. Four sessions will cover topics from nutrition to wellness for the whole family. Here's the agenda and speakers' list for Ginger Forum 2024