Andrea,
seven-year old Zofia thinks Dr. Sumita Pennathur is a hero for people with type 1 diabetes. She would know: at age four, Zofia was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and Dr. Pennathur, her mom, decided to take matters into her own hands.
Dr. Pennathur didn't start out in diabetes research or anywhere close. Dr. Pennathur is a professor of Mechanical Engineering. But after Zofia's diagnosis, she dedicated her career to find ways to help her daughter and others like her. Dr. Pennathur is now using her expertise in micro- and nano-systems to build a painless, disposable glucose-monitoring patch that looks like a sticker and would replace the clunky, expensive glucose monitors that are currently available to her daughter.
"It's never been done before, but by my calculations it can work," says Dr. Pennathur.
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