Alegria Benzaquen

Alegria Benzaquen

Alegria Benzaquen speaks about her experiences as a nursing student with type 1 diabetes, offering captivating insights into the healthcare field and how it might be improved. Hosted by VP Academic, Aidan Parvinchi.

Michelle Greenway

A conversation featuring Michelle Greenway - a PhD student at McMaster, registered nurse, health coach, and more. Hosted by Lucas Ilic.

Angie Vestidas

Angie Vestidas walks us through her experience as a McMaster student and offers some excellent insight and tips for those navigating a diabetes diagnosis. Hosted by VP Academic, Lucas Ilic.

Dr. Hertzel Gerstein

A conversation with celebrated researcher and endocrinologist Dr. Hertzel Gerstein about many relevant conversations in diabetes today. Hosted by Lucas Ilic, the Vice President of Academics for the McMaster Diabetes Association for 2024-2025. Created in collaboration with Knowing Diabetes. Knowing Diabetes (knowing-diabetes.com [http://knowing-diabetes.com]) is a free, online curated resource for people affected by diabetes and their friends and family. It provides evidence-based information, explanations, discussions, and answers to questions related to diabetes of any type and for any age. It includes short blog articles, longer articles (PDFs), posters, videos, podcasts, webinars, and other materials that are developed and written by diabetes health care providers, researchers, educators, and medical communicators from across Canada. All content on Knowing Diabetes is reviewed by its editorial staff prior to posting, and new content is added regularly. Registration is free, fast, and easy.

Liza Nooristani

She talks about family experiences surrounding diabetes, focusing on family dynamics, coping mechanisms, and management.