Empowering Women with Type 1 Diabetes with Dr. Anne Marie MacDonald

Embracing Diabetes, compassion, community and creativity

Embracing Diabetes, compassion, community and creativity
Empowering Women with Type 1 Diabetes with Dr. Anne Marie MacDonald
Mar 10, 2024 Season 2 Episode 2
Anne Marie MacDonald

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On this episode we talk to Dr. Anne Marie McDonald, national research manager for the JDRF in Toronto, mother of two, and Ironman athlete who has lived with type 1 diabetes since the age of four. We had a great conversation and got to hear about her presentations on T1D and pregnancy, and women with T1D and aging, at the 2024 Connected In Motion virtual slipstream.

Featured on this episode:
Anne Marie MacDonald, MD MSc, is a modern health care professional and passionate medical thought leader who advocates for chronic disease self-management, preventive medicine, and healthy active living. She holds an undergraduate degree in Physiology from McGill University (Montreal, Canada), a Medical degree from the Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum (Krakow, Poland) and a Master of Science degree from the University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada). Her expertise lies in healthy active living, digital health and behavior change, and chronic disease prevention and management. Dr. MacDonald has been living with type 1 diabetes for over 35 years. As an Ironman triathlete and marathon runner she loves helping T1Ds reach their athletic goals. When she's not working out, drinking a coffee or chasing after her 2 young children, she leads the Improving Lives research portfolio at JDRF Canada, the world's largest funder of type 1 diabetes research.

Resources from this episode:
Connected in Motion Slipstream
Twitter: @AM_MacDonaldMD
drannemariemacdonald.com
Dr. Michael Riddell, expert on T1D and exercise