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NIH Awards dbaza a Grant To Create an Interactive, Educational Cd-Rom for Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes
PITTSBURGH - July 2, 2003 - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded dbaza a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant for the creation of an interactive, educational product for adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
It will become the third in dbaza's line of self-management products that improve quality of life. These highly competitive SBIR grants are based on the company's qualifications, innovation, technical proficiency, and the marketing potential and social importance of the proposed product. "We are proud of our scientifically rigorous approach to product research and development," said Sergey Sirotinin, M.Sc., dbaza president and CEO. "We view this award as a confirmation that our work is important as well as beneficial to society." dbaza has a strong track record in receiving SBIR grants. The four previous grants that it has received have totaled nearly $2 million. They have funded both dbaza's Diabetes Education for Kids CD-ROM for children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and the Palm-top Dietary Manager, a hand-held computer program to help people with diabetes manage their dietary needs. This new product will provide ongoing diabetes education for adolescents and contain two parts - a knowledge refresher section and a skill application section that will provide teens with scenarios in which to explore the consequences of various actions upon their diabetes. "We are creating products for individuals with diabetes to use from the time of diagnosis throughout life," said Joelle Escoffery, Ph.D., dbaza senior research coordinator. "This product will be a follow-up to dbaza's Diabetes Education for Kids CD-ROM and will help teens understand how lifestyle decisions affect their diabetes." About dbaza
dbaza is a leader in the creation of technology-based educational products for individuals with chronic medical conditions. dbaza products improve the physical and emotional well being and quality of life of chronically ill people. Funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, dbaza product development is conducted by experts in medicine, education, psychology, the arts and human-computer interaction.
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