Diabetes Hands Foundation Advocate To Speak At Diabetes Safety Meeting

BERKELEY, Calif.— The Diabetes Hands Foundation announced that it will send diabetes advocate Bennet Dunlap to participate on a panel September 9, 2013 aiming to address the growing concerns around blood glucose test strip accuracy. Representatives from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), clinical experts, research scientists, device manufactures, and patient advocates will meet to identify potential solutions to this serious health threat to adults and children living with diabetes. The meeting will be hosted and facilitated by the Diabetes Technology Society and will take place at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda, in Bethesda, Md., from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Dunlap, who has type 2 diabetes and is the father of two children with type 1 diabetes, will represent the patient perspective on a panel at 3:15 p.m. EDT.

On the panel, Dunlap will represent the Diabetes Hands Foundation, speaking alongside David Sacks, American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC); Jane Seley, American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE); Robert Ratner, American Diabetes Association (ADA); Hubert Vesper, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Andrew Boulton, European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD); Courtney Lias, Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Aaron Kowalski, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF); Guillermo Arreaza-Rubin, National Institutes of Health (NIH); Gary Puckrein, National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF); and Robert Vigersky, The Endocrine Society (TES).

For more information about the September 9 meeting, visit diabetestechnology.org/bgm and diabeteshandsfoundation.org.