Informing About Type 2 Diabetes (T2D)
Result: T2D Lecture by Dr. Pont and Diabetes Exhibit at Community Events
HTS in 2017-2018
HTS is the only Teen Science Café in Austin recognized by the Austin Independent School District (AISD). HTS started organizing medical lectures and advertised them throughout the city. Our lecture at the downtown AISD Auditorium on Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes by eminent Pediatrician Dr. Stephen Pont was attended by Science and P.E. teachers, parents and students from all the Metro Area. Questions from the 70-people audience went beyond the 2-hour allotted time.
HTS in 2016-2017
HTS informed about preventable diseases, among them T2D. HTS promoted health awareness with information on nutrition and healthy living, encouraging general physical wellness.
HTS is the only Teen Science Café in Austin recognized by the Austin Independent School District (AISD). HTS started organizing medical lectures and advertised them throughout the city. Our lecture at the downtown AISD Auditorium on Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes by eminent Pediatrician Dr. Stephen Pont was attended by Science and P.E. teachers, parents and students from all the Metro Area. Questions from the 70-people audience went beyond the 2-hour allotted time.
HTS in 2016-2017
HTS informed about preventable diseases, among them T2D. HTS promoted health awareness with information on nutrition and healthy living, encouraging general physical wellness.
Alex Mancevski & Sruthi Ilangovan
For more information about diabetes, check out:
“Type 2 Diabetes” by National Institutes of Health
https://www.nih.gov/research-training/accelerating-medicines-partnership-amp/type-2-diabetes
“Global Report on Diabetes” by World Health Organization
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/204871/9789241565257_eng.pdf;jsessionid=DBB0BA5E4325DAFDEE02E3E94807556E?sequence=1
“Is Diabetes Becoming the Biggest Epidemic of the Twenty-first Century?” by International Journal of Health Sciences
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3068646/
https://www.nih.gov/research-training/accelerating-medicines-partnership-amp/type-2-diabetes
“Global Report on Diabetes” by World Health Organization
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/204871/9789241565257_eng.pdf;jsessionid=DBB0BA5E4325DAFDEE02E3E94807556E?sequence=1
“Is Diabetes Becoming the Biggest Epidemic of the Twenty-first Century?” by International Journal of Health Sciences
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3068646/