The Diabesity Institute

THE INSTITUTE FINALIZED CURRICULUM MATERIAL AND RELEASED AN ELECTRONIC COPY TO GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL TO BE INCLUDED IN THEIR SYSTEMS MEDICINE CURRICULUM. -DR. COOPER PROVIDED TWO LECTURES TO THE GEORGETOWN CLASS, ONE WHICH WAS THE SECTION ONE MATERIAL FOR THE DAY 1 POWERPOINT PRESENTATION WHICH WE DEVELOPED IN PRIOR YEARS. WE HOPE THAT OTHER UNIVERSITIES WILL PARTICIPATE IN 2022-2023 FOR DAY 1-4 WORKSHOP OPPORTUNITIES. -THE INSTITUTE CONTINUED DEVELOPING A SOFTWARE INTERFACE TOOL IN COLLABORATION WITH COOPER CENTER FOR METABOLISM AND REBUILT THE SOFTWARE TOOLS IN MORE OF AN OPEN-SOURCE, ECONOMICAL VERSION VS. THE PRIOR PROPRIETARY, EXPENSIVE AND LIMITED SOFTWARE FORMAT. IN 2021, THROUGH THIS COLLABORATION, DI BUILT THE NEW DATABASE, WHICH IS NOW IN SEQUELPOSTGRE, AND REBUILT THE VISUALIZATION TOOK IN R SHINY. THIS ENABLES SHARING OF THE DATA ACROSS NUMEROUS PLATFORMS. -UNIVERSITY MEDICAL AND RESEARCH STUDENTS CAN NOW ACCESS DI'S ROBUST DATASETS TO PUBLISH RESEARCH RELATED TO CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN DIABESITY PATIENTS. THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL ENABLE A PILOT PROJECT FOR 2022 AND, IF SUCCESSFUL, CAN SERVE AS A MODEL FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS AND BROADEN ACCESS FOR MEDICAL RESEARCHERS AT VARIOUS UNIVERSITIES.-THESE EFFORTS FURTHER ADVANCE OUR MISSION TO INCREASE ACCESS TO EFFECTIVE MEDICAL CARE FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM DIABESITY. THE SOFTWARE CONTINUES TO PROVIDE DATA VALUABLE IN TRACKING CLINICAL TRENDS IN A GROWING SUBSET OF OVER ONE THOUSAND ADULT PATIENTS AND TWO HUNDRED PEDIATRIC PATIENTS, WHOSE TARGETED TREATMENT INCORPORATED THE SOFTWARE INTERFACE TOOL. THE DATA ANALYZED INCLUDE PERCENT CHANGE IN BODY WEIGHT IN ADULTS WITH OBESITY AND PERCENT CHANGE IN HBA1C, LDL CHOLESTEROL PARTICLES, FATTY LIVER MARKERS, AND HYPERTENSION MARKERS IN ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH PREDIABETES.