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Home > News & events > Information events > Females and Type 1 Diabetes – JDRF Virtual Discovery Event, January 2023
Living with type 1 diabetes can be tricky and challenging. Being female and dealing with major hormonal changes can make living with type 1 harder to manage.
Our ‘Virtual Type 1 Diabetes Discovery Event: Females and Type 1 Diabetes’ will highlight the hormonal variances of how being a female can affect our blood sugar control and that this variation is normal. This event is for all females with type 1 diabetes.
During the session, you will:
00:00 Welcome
01:23 Natalie Balmain
03:25 Sponsors
07:04 JDRF UK Presentation – Research & Community Support
17:30 Abbott Presentation
23:58 Dr Fiona Campbell – Young Female Hormones
41:48 Air Liquide Presentation
45:00 Dr Helen Murphy – Pregnancy Hormones
1:09:04 Dexcom Presentation
1:23:30 Comfort Break – (Peri)Menopause Symptoms Slido
1:16:52 Omnipod Presentation
1:20:45 Lived Experience – Pregnancy and Type 1 – Niki’s Story
1:24:54 Lived Experience Panel – Peri(menopause) hosted by Dawn Adams
Close and thanks
Join our biggest in-person Discovery Day taking place in London on Saturday 12 September.
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In this virtual event from December 2025, we reflected on a year of remarkable progress in T1D breakthroughs – and took a look ahead to what’s next.
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