The Great Hall, at the university where Galileo gave his lectures.

Dr. Kovatchev Collaborates on International Diabetes Initiative

Dr. Claudio Cabelli is a aworld leader in physiological modeling on insulin-glocose dynamics. This November he visited the University of Virginia and presented a talk on measurement of insulin sensitivity and beta-cell function. With funding from NIH and Abbott Diabetes Care, Dr. Kovatchev will join Dr. Cobelli's team at the University of Padova (Padua), Italy, in a collaborative international research effort to study diabetes.

The University of Padova (Padua) is one of the oldest in the world, founded in 1222. It is home to the setting of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew and professors and students from Copernicus to Galileo. Drs. Kovatchev and Cobelli will focus on areas of diabetes research related to insulin-glucose dynamics in T1DM and continuous glucose monitoring.

Selected Recent Articles:

• Kovatchev BP, Farhy LS, Hanging C, Griffin MP, Lake DE , Moorman JR (2003). Sample asymmetry analysis of heart rate characteristics with application to neonatal sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome. Pediatric Research, 54: 892-898.
• Kovatchev BP, Cox DJ, Kumar A, Gonder-Frederick LA, Clarke WL (2003). Algorithmic Evaluation of Metabolic Control and Risk of Severe Hypoglycemia in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Using Self-Monitoring Blood Glucose (SMBG) Data. Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics, 5 (5): 817-828.
• Kovatchev BP, Gonder-Frederick LA, Cox DJ, Clarke WL Evaluating the Accuracy of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Sensors:  Continuous Glucose Error-Grid Analysis (CG-EGA) Illustrated by Therasense Freestyle Navigator™ Data. Diabetes Care (in press).
• Cox DJ, Gonder-Frederick LS, Ritterband L, Patel K, Schächinger h, Fehm-Wolfsdorf G, Hermanns N, Snoek F, Zrebiec J, Polonsky W, Schlundt D, Kovatchev B & Clarke  W (2006). Blood Glucose Awareness Training (BGAT): What is it, Where is It, and Where is it going? Diabetes Spectrum. 19 (Feb)
• Borowitz, S.M., Cox, D.J., Kovatchev, B., Ritterband, L.M., Sheen, J., Sutphen, J.  (2005).  Treatment of childhood constipation by primary care physicians: efficacy and predictors of outcome. Pediatrics, 115 (4): 873-877.
• Cox, D.J., Kovatchev, B ., Vandecar, K., Gonder-Frederick, L., Ritterband, L.M., Clarke, W.  (in press).  Hypoglycemia preceding fatal car collisions. [Letter to the Editor]. Diabetes Care.