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Join our Facebook Live discussion on Diabetes within the South Asian American community and the challenges members face – in conversation with the Network of National Libraries of Medicine’s diabetes documentary, “Curing Diabetes: the Human Trial”, available free via the access code on our flyer. Our discussion will also feature two experts in the field, Dr. Manasi Jayaprakash and Dr. Atif Hassan.

South Asian Americans have one of the highest diabetes prevalence rates of any demographic group in the United States, second only to Native Americans (Yaghootkar et al., 2020). South Asia alone is projected to have the greatest burden of diabetes globally by 2030 (Shaw et al, 2010). However, traditional risk factors for type II diabetes do not explain these trends, and diabetes in South Asian Americans in Illinois compared to those observed in the literature is still relatively understudied. Everything we know points to the fact that we need more research and advocacy for diabetes in our community. Join the conversation to learn more about the state of therapeutics and research related to South Asian Americans.