May 2026

T1DX-QI Breakfast - 2026 ADA Scientific Sessions

The T1D Exchange is happy to be hosting breakfast for Collaborative members at Common House on Sunday, June 7th, from 7:00-8:30am CDT. The restaurant a 6-minute walk from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
RSVP Link

Common House - New Orleans, LA

Introducing: T1DX-QI Office Hours

Message from Jenise Wong, MD, PhD (T1DX-QI Medical Advisor)

"I would like to kindly invite any member of the T1DX QI Collaborative to join me during open biweekly “office hours” on the 1st Thursday of the month from 9-11am PT or the 3rd Tuesday of the month from 1-3pm PT. I will be available to get to know your QI teams, listen to your concerns, and address questions about QI projects and other initiatives. Please feel free to use this time to discuss any challenges with or suggestions for the T1DX. The goal of this open time is to understand your experiences with the Collaborative, hear your thoughts, and incorporate your feedback to enhance your involvement with the Collaborative. Our goal is to make your participation worthwhile for your QI teams, improvement work, and your patients. You are welcome to message me ahead of time or simply join me during any open time."

Note: For May, Tuesday office hours will be held on the 4th Tuesday (May 26) instead of the 3rd. The Zoom link below reflects this update.

Thursday Zoom link

Tuesday Zoom link

Introducing: QI Portal Office Hours!

Have questions about the QI Portal or want help navigating its features?

Sign up for a 30-minute session with Alyssa Cabrera and Claire Rainey from the QI Team. You’ll get personalized guidance, a chance to explore the portal in more depth, and answers to any questions you may have.

Use this link to reserve a spot!

Spotlight on the Clinical Leadership Committee

Want to learn more about one of our committees? The Clinical Leadership Committee, co-chaired by Francesco Vendrame, MD, PhD and Carla Demeterco-Berggren, MD, PhD, brings together pediatric and adult clinical leaders from more than 60 endocrinology centers nationwide. Together, they focus on driving targeted improvements and advancing health equity for people living with diabetes.

By bridging high-level strategy with real-world change, the Clinical Leadership Committee plays a key role in transforming care.

Opportunity for Health Care Professionals

T1D Exchange is looking for health care professionals to share their perspectives on referring stage 3 T1D patients to disease-modifying therapy (DMT) clinical trials.

For this opportunity, we are looking to include staff from centers that have recruited for DMT clinical trials and staff from centers that have not recruited for DMT clinical trials in a focus group.

Who is eligible?  

You may be eligible to participate in this study if you…  

Are a Physician, NP, PA, CDCES, Dietician, research coordinator, or DMT trial researcher
Interact with newly diagnosed Stage 3 pediatric T1Ds

Interested in participating?  

If eligible, you would participate in an online focus group with multiple other healthcare professionals, led by the T1DX-QI/Research team. The focus group is expected to last 90 minutes and will be audio/video recorded. If you are eligible and participate in the focus group, you will be compensated with a $200 electronic gift card.   

Your participation means that we will gain knowledge about how centers currently recruit stage 3 T1Ds for DMT trials. We are grateful for your contributions. 

If you are interested in participating, see if you are eligible. If you are eligible, you may receive a follow-up email about scheduling a focus group.

Have questions?  

If you have questions, please email the QI team at qi@t1dexchange.org

Meet the Expert

Jenise Wong, MD, PhD, is a pediatric endocrinologist at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in San Francisco, California, and a Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Wong also serves as the Director of Quality and Safety for Pediatric Endocrinology at Benioff Children’s in San Francisco and is the Co-Program Director of the Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Training Program. Additionally, she is a Medical Advisor for the T1DX-QI and Chair of the American Diabetes Association’s Membership Advisory Group.

Read the full interview: Meet the Expert - Jenise Wong, MD, PhD

Q&A Corner

There have been several newly asked questions on the internal member website. Please use this link to respond and see all questions.

Name: Lori Benzoni, MPH

Center: NYU Langone Long Island, Pediatrics

Question: We’re in the process of revamping and updating our new onset Type 1 Diabetes materials and would really appreciate learning from what others are doing. If other centers are willing to share their current new onset materials—such as folders, packets, or website links, that would be greatly appreciated to give us some ideas?

Name: Jeannine Leverenz, RN, CDE

Center: Stanford Medicine Children's Health

Question: We have many requests for school and college accommodations. What are the usual accommodations you include in your DMMP/school plan or college accommodations letters?