Bree Holtz, a researcher at Michigan State University, and her team are developing and testing an innovative mobile phone app, called <em>MyT1D Hero</em>, to connect adolescents with type-1 diabetes (T1D) with their parents to help support the transition to self-management.

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This mobile app is unique because it links parents and kids in a way that existing technologies do not by creating two separate apps (one for the parent and one for the child) that work together to manage the care of the child.  The main goal of this research is to aid in the successful transition to self-care for the kid and increase positive health
outcomes. This research will also help us to further understand what types of messages, reward systems, and technology cues can improve adherence.

This research is supported by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) grant #1-16-ICTS-045. For more information on the ADA please visit their website: <a href="http://diabetes.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://diabetes.org.</a>
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<h2><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Team</span></strong></h2>
Dr. Holtz is working with a talented team of specialists in the field of diabetes and communication that includes: <strong><img class=" wp-image-549 alignleft" src="http://myt1d.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/THE-MYT1D-HERO-TEAM-1-300x300.png" alt="the-myt1d-hero-team-1" width="318" height="318" /></strong>

<strong>Shelia Cotten</strong>, Ph.D., <strong>Denise Hershey</strong>, Ph.D., RN, FNP-BC, <strong>Amanda Holmstrom</strong>, Ph.D., <strong>Amol Pavangadkar</strong>, M.B.A., M.A. and <strong>Katharine Murray</strong>, M.A. from MSU. <strong>Julie Dunneback</strong>, MSN, APRN, BC, CPNP, CDE from Sparrow Health System. <strong>Arpita Vyas</strong>, M.D. from Texas Tech University. <strong>Michael Wood</strong>, M.D. from the University of Michigan Medical School, and <strong>Joshua Richman</strong>, M.D., Ph.D. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The team is also working with <strong>Bion Bilateral</strong> to develop the app. Please see the <a href="http://myt1d.org/wordpress/bio/">Team Biographies page</a> for more information.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Progress</span></strong></h2>
<p style="text-align: left;">We are in year 2 of our research now and beginning to recruit for testing of the app. We held focus groups and prototype testing with two separate groups of kids age 10-15 with T1D and their parents in order to get their feedback on our ideas and design of the mobile app. We worked with the app development team to create and then refine the app, and now we are starting the big testing of the app.<img class="wp-image-185 alignright" src="http://myt1d.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0896-e1467057176165-300x244.jpg" alt="IMG_0896" width="258" height="210" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>If you would like to more information about our studies, see the monthly T1D email information below.
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<p style="text-align: left;">See the Study Progress page for detailed updates on our work.</p>

<h2><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Monthly T1D Email
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Each month, starting in March 2017, we will be sending out an email to update you on our research progress. This email will also include the month's blog post and other important articles. If you are interested in receiving these emails, please email murra172@msu.edu.
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