The roads that led Dr. Andrea Gerard-Gonzalez to the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora weren’t all eight-lane expressways. A few of them weren’t even covered in asphalt. But each can be seen as a metaphor in the journey that brought her to Colorado, where she is making an important difference in the health of youngsters of Latin descent who are Type 1 diabetics. As director of the Barbara Davis Center’s Hispanic/Latino Diabetes Care Team, Gerard-Gonzalez continues to develop and expand culturally appropriate ways to not only improve the delivery of diabetes care for the 800 youngsters with whom her team works, but to educate family members about the disease, eliminate stigmas and build a sense of community. Ultimately, the 36-year-old endocrinologist hopes to see medical facilities in other cities adopt the model on which her program is based; she is also working to modify it for other ethnic cultures. Related Articles “In the United States, Hispanic children under-utilize diabetes care technology and have higher HbA1c levels than non-Hispanic white children,” explains Dr.

 

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