DTN-UK Educational Webinar: Getting the best from Hybrid closed loop systems – tips for optimisation

Sara is a Dietitian with over 20 years of experience working with people with diabetes. She is an insulin pump educator at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge and manages a team of 20 dietitians working in the institute of Metabolic science. Sara’s main interests are in insulin pump therapy, continuous glucose monitoring and closed loop insulin delivery. She is part of Roman Hovorka’s artificial pancreas research team at the University of Cambridge and is dedicated to providing evidence for reimbursement and improving access to new technology.

Specialist Dietitian, DAFNE and insulin pump educator within the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic (WDEC) at Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) since 2005. An active member of the EXTOD team and leads on supporting people exercise with insulin pens and pumps within the WDEC. Currently involved with various hybrid closed loop insulin pumps including research trials at CUH and is excited to see new technology reaching our Type 1 population.

I am a Clinical Lecturer in Diabetes and Endocrinology at the University of Cambridge, UK and my research focuses on the use of diabetes technologies to improve outcomes for people with diabetes.
I investigate the impact of hybrid closed-loop systems for children and adults with type 1 diabetes. We are currently undertaking randomised clinical trials evaluating ultra-rapid acting insulins in closed-loop systems in people with type 1 diabetes. To broaden access to technology and improve outcomes, I develop educational tools for healthcare professionals and people with diabetes to get the most out of diabetes technologies and ultimately to support adoption and reimbursement.
I am also interested in using diabetes technologies, in particular closed-loop systems, to improve the safety of people with diabetes in the acute hospital setting. Our research group have undertaken randomised clinical trials to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a fully closed-loop approach for inpatients and outpatients with type 2 diabetes.

Emma is a DAFNE and insulin pump educator who has worked at Cambridge University Hospitals for over 7 years. Emma’s main interests are in insulin pump therapy, diabetes in pregnancy and inpatient diabetes care.
She has experience in using closed loop insulin delivery in the hospital setting.

Julia Ware is a clinical research fellow with the Artificial Pancreas Group under Prof Hovorka at the University of Cambridge, and paediatric registrar at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Ware‘s current PhD research focuses on the impact of closed-loop technology on glycaemic control and quality of life in children and young people with type 1 diabetes. Her special interest is in very young children with type 1 diabetes, and investigating how optimising new technologies might ease diabetes burden and improve outcomes in this challenging population.

Diabetes Specialist Nurse – Addenbrookes Hospital Cambridge
I have worked in diabetes for the past 20 years in London and Cambridge
I work predominately in diabetes in pregnancy and Type 1 diabetes with a particular interest in diabetes technology and research.

Sarah Donald is a Diabetes and Metabolic Dietitian/Diabetes Educator based at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge. She trained at the University of Capetown nestled at the foot of Table Mountain. She has been a member of the Diabetes Team at Addenbrookes for the past 17 years. Her clinical interests in diabetes are predominantly in Type 1, DAFNE and insulin pumps with recent involvement in the Medtronic Hybrid Closed Loop Studies. She has been involved in training and initiation of Hybrid Closed Loop pumps since they first became commercially available.