Liz has been living with type 2 diabetes since 2014, but grew up surrounded by it as a first-generation Mexican-American. With a bug for research, Liz pursued a PhD in molecular biology and spent her early career studying insulin signaling in invertebrate ...Continue Reading »
Madeline Kennedy is a health writer covering a wide range of topics including diabetes, reproductive health, mental health, nutrition, and chronic disease. Before joining diaTribe, Madeline worked as a health writer for Insider and covered health research ...Continue Reading »
Marcia was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in June 2017 at the age of 50-something, and both her parents and grandparents died of diabetes-related complications. With the help of diaTribe and Adam Brown's book, Bright Spot & Landmines, Marcia disc ...Continue Reading »
Mary Barna Bridgeman, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP is a Clinical Professor at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University. She practices as an Internal Medicine Clinical Pharmacist at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jerse ...Continue Reading »
Matthew Garza joined the diaTribe Foundation as an associate in 2020 where he worked on diaTribe Learn and the dSeries Executive Innovation Labs. In February 2022, he helped launch dStigmatize.org and diaTribe’s Stigma Program which he became program mana ...Continue Reading »
Melissa Schenkman, MPH, MSJ, is an award-winning health and medical writer and journalist. She has a wealth of experience writing for professional and lay audiences in explaining complicated health and medical concepts using creative techniques. She is th ...Continue Reading »
Michael Hattori has been a Registered Nurse for 23 years (including 19 years in the Operating Room), and became a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2019. ...Continue Reading »
