UCSF Diabetes Center: About Diabetes

Kikim first started working with the UCSF Diabetes Center when one of its donors hired us to make a video for its 10th anniversary celebration as well as to tell the remarkable story of Bearskin Meadows Camp for children and families with diabetes.   Following that project the Center hired us to make a series of short, simple educational videos for patients and families that would answer many of the basic questions people ask about diabetes as well as introduce patients to some of the researchers and clinicians at the Center.  After two days of intensive interviews with the staff of the Center we edited 26 videos that are now featured on the Center’s web site.

Testimonials

“I have had the pleasure and privilege of working with Michael and Kiki several times as part of different projects related to making our work available to the public.  The members of the Kikim Media team are professionals to the core and will strive to produce the perfect story.  Their preparations and reflections on our work were insightful and thought provoking.  They not only helped us communicate the ongoing work at our Center in the most engaging manner, but working with them was also inspiring and fun!

-Matthias Hebrok, Director, UCSF Diabetes Center

What is Diabetes?

UCSF Diabetes Center researchers explain the basics of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

What is Diabetes?

Strengths

Dr. Jeff Bluestone and Dr. Matthias Hebrok discuss the strengths of the UCSF Diabetes Center.

Strengths

Why are Stem Cells Important?

Matthias Hebrok, PhD, and Michael German, MD, explain the significance of stem cell research to finding a cure for type 1 diabetes.

Why are Stem Cells Important?

Inflammation and Macrophages

Suneil Koliwad, MD/PhD, explains how dietary triggers of inflammation can lead to insulin resistance.

Inflammation and Macrophages

A Groundbreaking Trial

Stephen Gitelman, MD, describes how research in regulatory T-cells has opened a doorway to treating type-1 diabetes with cell-based therapy.

A Groundbreaking Trial

What is Insulin Resistance?

Matthias Hebrok, PhD, describes how insulin resistance can lead to type 2 diabetes.

What is Insulin Resistance?

Stephen Gitelman

Dr. Stephen Gitelman, chief of the Pediatric Endocrinology Division at UCSF, shares how he got involved with medicine and treating patients with diabetes.

Stephen Gitelman

Matthias Hebrok

Dr. Matthias Hebrok explains how he got involved in diabetes research.

Matthias Hebrok

Transforming Stem Cells

Dr. Michael German explains how research is providing new ways to improve beta cell function for people with diabetes.

Transforming Stem Cells

Gerold Grodsky

Gerold Grodsky shares how he works with scientists at the UCSF Diabetes Center to develop stem cells for diabetes research.

Gerold Grodsky

Collaboration

How collaboration works at the Center

Collaboration

Suneil Koliwad

What drives Suneil Koliwad?

Suneil Koliwad

An Historical Perspective

Dr. Jeff Bluestone, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, explains the relationship between autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes.

An Historical Perspective

Jeffrey Bluestone

What drives Jeff Bluestone?

Jeffrey Bluestone

New York to San Francisco

The challenges of creating insulin producing cells from stem cells.

New York to San Francisco

Hygiene Hypothesis

Is an environment that's too clean a risk to our health?

Hygiene Hypothesis

A Simple Prescription

The advantages of behaving more like our ancestors.

A Simple Prescription

Arts and Medicine

Bringing arts and medicine together to fight Type 2 Diabetes.

Arts and Medicine

Non-Coding RNA

What we're learning about the dark matter of the human genome.

Non-Coding RNA

A Comprehensive Center

What does it mean to be a comprehensive diabetes center?

A Comprehensive Center

The Role of Genetics

What role does genetics play in diabetes?

The Role of Genetics

What is Insulin?

What is insulin and why does it matter?

What is Insulin?

Changes in Monitoring

What's new in glucose monitoring?

Changes in Monitoring

What is MODY?

The facts about a kind of diabetes you've probably never heard of.

What is MODY?

Can we predict diabetes?

Can we predict if and when someone may get Type 1 Diabetes?

Can we predict diabetes?

Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes

What's the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes?

Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes