Mark your calendars for our upcoming TypeOneNation Summit presented by Lilly Diabetes.  This one-day educational and networking opportunity brings together Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) experts to share their knowledge on the latest treatments, breakthroughs in T1D research and the psycho-social aspects of living with T1D.

This year’s event will be held at The Officer’s Club located at McClellan Park in Sacramento.

Our program features research updates, keynote address, and multiple breakout sessions.  Below are three of our guest speakers who will be joining us.

Karen Jordan – Joining JDRF in 2008 after her daughter was diagnosed with T1D, Karen has served in leadership roles both with the Bay Area Chapter and the International Board of Directors. She currently sits on JDRF’s Research Committee and will provide an overview on the recently launched Center of Excellence (COE) located in the Bay Area.  The COE brings together researchers from Stanford University and the University of California San Francisco to accelerate research in the areas of the immune system, beta cells and stem-cells.

Diana Naranjo, PhD – Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford School of Medicine, Dr. Naranjo is a licensed clinical psychologist working in diabetes clinics for the past 10 years with focuses on the psychosocial needs of patients and families with diabetes. Through clinical research, she has aimed to understand barriers and facilitators to diabetes self-management, how families and individuals with diabetes respond to health technology, and how to best provide services that engage youth and their families. Furthermore, as a Latino-American and fluent in Spanish, much of her clinical work focuses on bridging the health-care gap for underserved ethnic minority patients with chronic illness.

Dr. Kimber Simmons, MD – Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, and physician scientist studying the clinical immunology of autoimmune disease, with a focus on type 1 diabetes. Her current research interests are to screen children in the general population for islet autoantibodies (early T1D), hone techniques to study the immune cells that participate in the pathogenesis of T1D and participate as an investigator in prevention trials with the goal of finding an intervention that can modulate the autoimmune attack in the pancreas. Dr. Simmons will address how T1D’s can better manage their health through exercise and nutrition.

New this year will be a teen track specifically designed for teenagers living with type 1 diabetes.  And, we welcome the National Charity League- Placer once again, an organization of mother and daughter volunteers committed to local service, who will host our Kids Camp for children (both with and without T1D) ages 5 and over.

This event is complimentary, but pre-registration is required. Please click here to register today!

To view the entire day’s schedule and full list of presenters, visit: https://norcaltypeonenation.eventbrite.com