 our team dr bree e holtz  is an assistant professor in the department of advertising and public relations in the college of communication arts and sciences at michigan state university dr holtz s broad research interest centers around understanding the adoption of information communication technologies and its impact on health care access and delivery her prior research has examined the use of mobile phones in asthma and diabetes management online health literacy adoption and utilization of telemedicine technologies in a health setting and using innovative telecommunications technologies to improve access to health care her current research interests include understanding the implementation and utilization of mhealth technologies while improving patient centered care holtz received her master s degree from the london school of economics her phd from michigan state university and completed a postdoc at the center for clinical management research ann arbor va healthcare system she has published work in communication technology and medical journals dr holtz s research is funded by the american diabetes association and health resources and services administration  dr michael wood  md is associate professor of pediatrics at university of michigan medical school and clinical director of the pediatric diabetes program dr wood s main clinical research focus has been on improving the care of children with type 1 diabetes many of his previous studies have involved the use of technology to improve diabetes care and control with an eventual goal of participation in the first national studies of the artificial pancreas in children since he joined the university of michigan pediatric diabetes team in april 2013 as its clinical director they have identified the improvement of transition from pediatric to adult care as an important clinical focus dr wood has been working with dr holtz and her team to see if using technology app will improve diabetes control and the transition process dr wood attended the university of michigan for both undergraduate studies and medical school after completing medical school dr wood served his internship and pediatric residency as well as a pediatric endocrinology fellowship at harvard s boston children s hospital from 19881994 from 1994 until 2013 dr wood was the division chief of pediatric endocrinology at the helen devos children s hospital in grand rapids michigan  julie dunneback  msn aprn bc cpnp cde is a pediatric nurse practitioner working in the pediatric endocrinology clinic at sparrow health system dunneback s full time clinical focus is working with children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes she is particularly interested in how the use of technology may reduce the burden of care that families face when their child has diabetes use of research to help facilitate the transition from parental care of the child s diabetes to the adolescent becoming independent in diabetes selfmanagement is especially important to her clinical role previous research interests include the use of nursing interventions to treat children s postoperative pain and the use of distraction to reduce pain fear and behavioral distress in children in both inpatient and outpatient clinical settings dunneback received her bachelor of science in nursing from michigan state university and her master of science in nursing from wayne state university she has been in practice for the past 36 years caring for children in inpatient and outpatient clinical settings she has 22 years of experience as a pediatric nurse practitioner which includes educating parents and children about diabetes and diabetes selfcare  dr amy nuttall  is an assistant professor in human development and family studies at michigan state university dr nuttall has conducted research on child development and family processes in families experiencing high levels of stress for the past decade she has expertise in early child development family communication and the development of parentchild interventions dr nuttall received her phd in developmental psychology minor in quantitative psychology from the university of notre dame her ma in developmental psychology from the university of notre dame and her ba in psychology from the university of colorado  dr shelia r cotten  is the director of the sparrow msu center for innovation and research the director of trifecta and a professor in the department of media and information at michigan state university dr cotten studies technology use across the life course and the social educational and health impacts of that use she conducts largescale community based intervention studies designed to use technology to enhance various aspects of quality of life prior to joining msu dr cotten was a professor in the department of sociology at the university of alabama birmingham  dr denise hershey  phd msn fnpbc is an assistant professor in the college of nursing at michigan state university dr hershey s research interest is in the area of selfmanagement of multimorbidities in adults the selfmanagement of prior existing chronic conditions and care management coordination for patients with multiple chronic diseases hershey received her bachelor of science in nursing from nazareth college in kalamazoo mi and her master of science as well as her phd in nursing from michigan state university dr hershey has over 20 years of experience as a family nurse practitioner working with patients with diabetes and other chronic conditions dr hershey has extensive experience educating and working with adults regarding the selfmanagement of their chronic conditions  dr taiwoo park  is an assistant professor in the department of media and information in the college of communication arts and sciences at michigan state university dr park s research interests include humancomputer interaction hci user experiences and human performance lifeimmersive services using mobile and ubiquitous technology crowdsourced mobile applications and persuasive mobile applications  msu extension certified diabetes educators michigan state university extension helps people improve their lives by bringing the vast knowledge resources of msu directly to individuals communities and businesses the team of certified diabetes educators provide the knowledge and skills needed to improve the health behaviors of those who have diabetes and those who are at risk of developing diabetes as well as their caregivers  katharine murray  is an outreach specialist and grant project manager in the department of advertising and public relations in the college of communication arts and sciences at michigan state university murray acts as the coordinator for all grantrelated communications and tasks in order to enhance collaboration among both internal and external stakeholders including hospital and clinic staff she is also responsible for training recruitment and event logistic materials for the research participants and clinical staff murray also acts as the media liaison for all grant related publicity including crafting and disseminating press releases creating flyers social media management and developing and maintaining website content murray received both her bachelors and masters degrees from the department of communication at michigan state university  