Clinical Trials: Why You Should be a Guinea Pig! – Featuring Todd May, MS, CCRC

TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR DIABETES® - THE PODCAST! ...With Expert Endocrinologists Living with T1D, Drs. Steven V. Edelman & Jeremy Pettus

Welcome to our newest podcast exploring clinical diabetes research! Join Drs. E & P along with Todd May (MS, CCRC, Senior Research Associate, Program Manager, Clinical Diabetes Research Group - Division of Endocrinology, UC San Diego) as they provide their insights from firsthand experience doing these studies, covering both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Discover the symbiotic relationship between researchers and participants, and learn how you can get involved in clinical research studies to make a difference in diabetes care. 

In this episode, we talk about: 

• What is clinical research?
• How are clinical research studies performed?
• What are the benefits (and potential downsides) of being involved in clinical research?
• How do we recruit patients for research?
• What should people ask and look out for when considering being involved in clinical research studies?
• How is clinical research funded?
• How can I find research studies that I might want to be involved in?

UCSD Research: https://medschool.ucsd.edu/som/medicine/divisions/endocrinology/research/labs/clinical-diabetes-research/Pages/default.aspx  

Learn about clinical studies from around the world: https://clinicaltrials.gov/