Luis Rodriguez recognized with abstract award at 2026 ADA scientific sessions in New Orleans
More than a dozen investigators from the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research took part in the 2026 American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions in New Orleans in early June.
Highlights included:
Investigator Luis Rodriguez, PhD, MPH, RD, received the Early Career Abstract Award in Public Health & Epidemiology for his research on a novel electronic health record-based prediction model that can successfully identify patients who are at the highest risk of developing type 2 diabetes up to 10 years later. The findings, presented at an oral poster session, suggest it may be possible to identify the patients most likely to benefit from targeted diabetes prevention programs.
Two oral presentations: Monique Hedderson, PhD, DOR associate director, Women’s and Children’s Health, gave the invited talk, Menopause and Diabetes: Psychological Well-Being, Vasomotor Symptoms, and Health Behaviors in Midlife Women.
Alan Go, MD, DOR associate director, Cardiovascular, Kidney, and Metabolic Health, gave the oral presentation, Efficacy of a Food Is Medicine Program in Low-Income, High-Risk Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: The KP ENRICH Study.
Poster presentations
Shalmali Bane, PhD, Research Fellow: The Association between GLP-1 and GIP Hormone Levels in Early Pregnancy and Subsequent Gestational Weight Gain
Christine Board, MPH: Patient-reported factors associated with inadequate glycemic control amongst younger adults newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
Rana Chehab, PhD, MPH, RD, Staff Scientist: Neighborhood and Individual Food Insecurity, Federal Food Assistance Programs, and Gestational Diabetes
Emma Fernandez, MPH: Hypoglycemia Prevention in Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes via Clinical Pharmacist Led Group Sessions
Cindy J. Huang, PhD, Research Fellow: Associations between mental health and type 2 diabetes among adolescents and young adults: the PAPAYA Study
Ai Kubo, MPH, PhD, Research Scientist: Marked Heterogeneity in Type 2 Diabetes among Disaggregated Asian American and Pacific Islander Adolescents and Young Adults: Predictors of Adverse Cardiometabolic Problems in Adolescents and Young Adults (PAPAYA) Study; and Maternal Sociodemographic, Prepregnancy, and Pregnancy Factors Associated with Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Young Adults: The PAPAYA Study
Alicia Peterson, PhD, Staff Scientist: Reaching Glycemic Targets in Gestational Diabetes (GDM) Attenuates Early Menarche Risk in Offspring
Mindy Tran, MPH: Contributors to Hypoglycemia Distress Among Older Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Baseline Survey Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial
Yeyi Zhu, PhD, Research Scientist: Gestational Blood Pressure Levels and Risk of Gestational and New-Onset Postpartum Diabetes
Panel
Julie Schmittdiel, PhD, DOR associate director, Health Care Delivery and Policy, session chair: Redesigning Diabetes Care: What is the Cost?
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