Faces of Diabetes

I have an internship at the state health department right now and am really enjoying my experience so far. I haven't done much, but I have definitely learned a lot. I am the graduate student intern on the diabetes media campaign Grant Sunada is currently working on called the Faces of Diabetes. We are collecting stories of people who either have diabetes or have been affected by diabetes in some way. We hope that these stories empower others to make healthy lifestyle choices as well as provide a location where people can share their own stories and comments about the disease. My masters project that I will begin working on this spring will involve evaluating the effectiveness of this campaign through focus groups, surveys, and other methods that I will be learning about next semester in my classes! I'm excited.