About our team
The project was initiated by a clinical research team at Medical University of Lodz in Poland:
prof. Wojciech Fendler (MD PhD)
Department of Biostatistics and Translational Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland;
Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
Arkadiusz Michalak (MD, also a person with type 1 diabetes)
Department of Pediatrics, Diabetology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Julia Wykrota (medical student)
Department of Biostatistics and Translational Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
prof. Beata Mianowska (MD PhD)
Department of Pediatrics, Diabetology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Antoni Blachnicki
Department of Biostatistics and Translational Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Jędrzej Chrzanowski
Department of Biostatistics and Translational Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Barbara Pernak (medical student)
Department of Biostatistics and Translational Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Our initiative was soon endorsed and supported internationally by a great team of collaborators:
International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD), group of young researchers (JENIOUS)
Thekla von dem Berge MD
AUF DER BULT, Diabetes Center for Children and Adolescents, Hannover, Germany
Nicole Blauensteiner
Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Agata Chobot MD PhD
Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Opole, Opole, Poland
Eren Er MD
Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, İzmir, Turkey
Júlia Galhardo MD PhD
Unit of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Hospital de Dona Estefânia - Central Lisbon University Hospital Center, Lisboa, Portugal
Elisa Giani MD PhD
Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy
Deniz Özalp Kızılay MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist, Ege University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, İzmir, Turkey
Vit Neuman MD
Department of Pediatrics, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czechia
Sanja Panic Zaric
Mother and Child Health Care Institute of Serbia "Dr Vukan Cupic", New Belgrade, Serbia
Prof Julie Pelicand MD PhD
Programme de diabétologie pédiatrique et de l’adolescent, Hôpital San Camilo, Université de Valparaiso, San Felipe, Chili;
«Enfance, Adolescence et Diabète», Hôpital des Enfants, CHU-Purpan, Toulouse, France
Claudia Piona MD
Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, Pediatric Division, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Lukas Plachy
Department of Pediatrics, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czechia
Maja Raicevic
Institute for childrens’ diseases, Clinical Center of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
Tiago Jeronimo dos Santos MD PhD
Pediatrics Unit, Vithas Almería, Instituto Hispalense de Pediatría, Almería Andalusia, Spain
Meng-Che Tsai MD PhD
Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Rade Vukovic MD PhD
Mother and Child Health Care Institute of Serbia "Dr Vukan Cupic", New Belgrade, Serbia
The INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY for PEDIATRIC and ADOLESCENT DIABETES (ISPAD) is a professional organization whose aims are to promote clinical and basic science, research, education and advocacy in childhood and adolescent diabetes. The strength of ISPAD lies in the scientific and clinical expertise in childhood and adolescent diabetes of its members. ISPAD is the only international society focusing specifically on all types of childhood diabetes.
JENIOUS Group is the ISPAD Young Community and supports the spread of the highest-level knowledge currently available as well as the improvement of personal competences and development of tailored programs inside the Society.
Marissa Town RN, BNS, CDCES
Children with Diabetes is an organization that aims at providing thorough education and constant support to children with Type 1 Diabetes and their families. Their website is a source of information checked and updated by a group of experts in this field. It enables exchanging questions and answers concerning all the crucial issues surrounding living with diabetes.
You too can play a crucial part in this project by sharing your experience concerning type 1 diabetes and alcohol use.
How can my experience be useful?
By sharing with us what problems concerning safety and diabetes management you encountered while drinking alcoholic beverages, you can make a difference. This way we can notice most common issues and possibly resolve them. Since this is a global study and is going to reach many people, there is a chance that you are not the only person that struggles with it.
Where does it all lead to?
Translating all this data into appropriate conclusions and identifying problems together with what might be causing them can become the basis for development of new recommendations for alcohol consumption by people with type 1 diabetes. Making your life easier and safer is what we aim to achieve.