Thanks so much! It’s great to work with a group of people who are working hard to keep kids healthy and thriving! ❤️ #tweetiatrician #forthekids

Got some great questions after my talk today on #T1D care at #AAP2024! If you missed it, join me at 7:30 AM ☕️ in W303 to learn about the latest in type 1 diabetes: ➡️stages ➡️screening & monitoring ➡️immune therapy ➡️new technology AAP National Conference & Exhibition UF Diabetes Institute Univ of Florida Ped Endo

Check out the upcoming HauntAED hosted by The University of Florida’s Premiere Pre-Health Honor Society, Alpha Epsilon Delta, in Collaboration with the Gainesville Fear Garden! To RSVP, scan the QR code or click this link aeduf.org/hauntaed

I finished residency 6 years ago- recently enough to know the huge knowledge base that a #pediatrician needs 📚. 📢That’s why it’s so important that American Academy of Pediatrics had an update on #T1D care at #AAP2024. So much has changed even in 6 years! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ UF Diabetes Institute Breakthrough T1D

Happy #WorldDiabetesDay2024 to all of my #T1D heroes! You inspire me every day! 💪🏼💙 UF Diabetes Institute Univ of Florida Ped Endo

This is a powerful video that shows what my friends with #T1D go through 24/7/365 and what a cure would mean to them 💙. Reposting to raise awareness during National Diabetes Month! youtu.be/nJ09-n6QveI?si… via YouTube

I did a really fun interview with Florida Medical Association on my journey to the best job in the world! It’s so cool to look back and see how my path has been shaped by God, my faith, family, teachers, mentors, & organizations fighting for the optimal health of kids. 💙💪🏼

📢 Hot off the press- the exocrine pancreas enzymes lipase & trypsin are potential biomarkers of response to immunotherapy in new-onset #T1D. Frontiers - Endocrinology UF Diabetes Institute Univ of Florida Ped Endo frontiersin.org/journals/endoc…

It’s good to be back on my favorite metro! On the way to an American Diabetes Association Roundtable Discussion- Diabetes Technology & Treatment: Looking to the Future. Excited to brainstorm how we can make #diabetes technology use more equitable & available. UF Diabetes Institute Univ of Florida Ped Endo

Tomorrow, our advocates meet with members of Congress to tell them how they can help end the diabetes epidemic and empower people living with diabetes to thrive. #WeFight

Call to Congress is here! Today, we’re encouraging Diabetes Advocates to email their members of Congress, urging them to be diabetes champions and take action on critical federal priority issues. Reach out now at bit.ly/43gtOjg!

I’m here in DC with the American Diabetes Association. People w/ diabetes deserve lifesaving healthcare & insulin, nutritious food, & cutting edge research. Let’s tell Congress it’s time to make diabetes a priority at votervoice.net/mobile/DIABETE…. We need your stories. #ADACall2Congress #WeFight

Diabetes Advocates from across our country met with Congress to stress the importance of funding for diabetes research and programs, support for insulin affordability, preserving Medicaid, and access to nutrition programs. Today and every day, #WeFight for the diabetes community.

📢 Proud of the updates we made to the American Academy of Pediatrics HealthyChildren article for parents about #T1D- check it out below ⬇️

It’s such a privilege to have the best job in the world!

Thank you David Smith & Alexis Calatayud for being champions for kids w/ #diabetes & sponsoring “Diabetes Management in Schools,” which will allow qualified school staff to stock lifesaving glucagon. The bill will clear its final hurdle tomorrow! American Diabetes Association FL Chapter AAP

Congrats Dr. Laura M. Jacobsen, well deserved! 🎉

UFDI's Dr. Laura Jacobsen and Dr. Sarah Westen's article in Nature Reviews Endocrinology is out today! Their article emphasizes that the language used by healthcare professionals when discussing diabetes can significantly impact patients' emotional well-being, self-care, and health outcomes.

In my first-ever senior author paper, we interviewed #diabetes doctors re: barriers in getting our patients the technology they need, including: - lack of insurance coverage - prior auths - poor EHR integration - nonstop faxing 🙃 & much more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/jd… UF Diabetes Institute