Beyond Corn and Carrots: The Future of Pediatric Diabetes with Radhika Muzumdar, MD

Summary: Radhika Muzumdar, MD, chief of Pediatric Endocrinology, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, wants to meet short-term and long-term goals of treatment and management of diabetes. In this episode, Dr. Muzumdar covers her career beginning with her earlier work on growth hormones and IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor 1), to her upcoming studies on the hypothalamus and the humanin peptide. Other current programs include a mobile test kitchen and video game-based nutrition education.