From camper to director of the largest camping association serving people with diabetes

When Lisa Gier attended her first diabetes camp at Camp Hodia (a mix of Idaho and diabetes) at age 10, she had no idea she would build an amazing career in camping.

When Maisie Mische, a 22-year-old mechanical engineering student at Marquette University, started having trouble with her vision last year, she attributed the problem to eye fatigue from late-night studying. But two episodes of double vision and subsequent tests revealed something more complex: type 1 diabetes (T1D).

As we begin a new year, it’s the perfect time to celebrate our accomplishments. We recently spoke with TrialNet Chair Kevan Herold, MD, to get his insights on the past year and plans for the year ahead. Dr. Herold is a professor of immunobiology and medicine at Yale University, one of 17 TrialNet Clinical Centers at the forefront of type 1 diabetes research.