Ep 030: Turning Red, The Baby-Sitters Club, and Diabetes
Today’s episode is about diabetes and we are excited to talk with writer, science communications professional, and podcast producer and host, Krista Lamb, who recently released her book ‘Beyond Banting: Decoding Canada’s Diabetes Research Superstars.’
During our conversation, we discussed the different types of diabetes that present (type one and type two), the stigmas associated with diabetes, and the impact this chronic illness has on a person’s mental health. Together, we also explore how we currently see this disability on film and television in films like Turning Red and shows like The Babysitters' Club and what we’d like to see on the screen in the future!
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Krista Lamb is a writer, communications professional, and podcast producer and host. She specializes in helping translate complex medical, scientific, and health-related topics into interesting and understandable stories for diverse audiences.
Her first book, Beyond Banting: From insulin to islet transplants, decoding Canada’s diabetes research superstars, was released in 2021 through Rock’s Mills Press. The book won the 2021 Science Writers and Communicators of Canada Book Award in the general public category.
In addition, Krista is the producer and host of the Diabetes Canada Podcast, which won the Canadian Podcast Award for Outstanding Health and Fitness Series in 2020. She also hosts the Commercializing Living Therapies podcast for CCRM, the Actions on Diabetes Podcast with Diabetes Action Canada, Unbreakable, the OC Podcast from Osteoporosis Canada, and From Beta Cells to Bicycles. Throughout her career, she has written extensively about health and research topics and she currently provides communications support for a wealth of Canadian not-for-profit organizations.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
The WHO Global Diabetes Compact did a survey last year asking people with diabetes how they felt they were talked about in the media, and how they would prefer to be talked about. Not a perfect sample, given the restrictions the team had, but it was powerful to read all of the comments that came in from around the world. It had an incredible impact on Krista, and it is one of the most important projects she’s worked on in her career.
The team released an academic publication in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168822722009238
And a lay commentary in the IDF Voice to reach more people:
Then the team worked with an incredible illustrator who lives with T1D to create a social media campaign bringing the responses to life, which the WHO used for World Diabetes Day. It was a very powerful way to share the information, and you can see some of the images here: https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1592149055177916416
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