Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Why are diversity, equity and inclusion essential in diabetes research and healthcare?

At the EASD Annual Meeting, EASD Host Vivienne Parry speaks with Dr. Steven Kahn, Editor-in-Chief of Diabetes Care and Deputy Editor Dr. John Buse about their recent editorial examining the impact of anti-DEI policies, healthcare funding cuts, and political decisions on diabetes research and chronic disease care in the United States.

The discussion explores; diversity and inclusion in diabetes research, threats to healthcare and science funding, the future of chronic disease research, health equity and implementation science as well as why clinicians and researchers must speak up.

The speakers also reflect on how policy decisions in the United States may influence healthcare and biomedical research globally.

Read the editorial discussed in this episode: diabetesjournals.org/care/article/49/1/5/163166/The-Forces-Reshaping-America-s-Health-Landscape

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