November is American Diabetes Month
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2009 Vanderbilt Diabetes Day Photos HERE »
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Walk to Raise Money for Diabetes Research held in November

This is the 7^th year of the annual event for pediatric diabetes patients and their families. Joe Solowiejczyk and Team Type 1 were back this year to offer their unique perspectives and methods for living with diabetes. The kids program featured exercise with Hoop-O-Rama and a series of hands-on experiments and activities designed to help them understand how their bodies react to different situations.

Siloam Family Health Center

Siloam Family Health Center is a faith based clinic in Nashville just off of 8th Avenue.  It provides low-cost health care to people of Nashville and Middle Tennessee especially those without health insurance.  Several physicians and healthcare practitioners from the Vanderbilt-Eskind diabetes clinic work in a cooperative fashion (volunteering) at Siloam clinic to provide diabetes education, treatment and prevention. For more information on Vanderbilt Diabetes and Siloam, click here.

Tour de Cure  held Saturday, May 30, 2009

The ADA Tour de Cure ride was on May 30, 2009 in Springfield TN with rides from 6 miles to 100 miles. Our team boasted of 22 members out of 264 total riders. The Tour in Springfield raised close to $85,000. Our team raised $7,217 -- making us the top fundraiser. Learn about the 2010 Tour de Cure here.

Working with the Hispanic Community

According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Hispanics are nearly twice as likely to develop diabetes as white, non-Hispanics. About 2.5 million Hispanic Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes, and millions more may have the disease without knowing it. To combat this, Vanderbilt Diabetes is actively involved in educating and treating Nashville's Hispanic population. For more information on Vanderbilt Diabetes' work with the Hispanic community, click here.