Dr. Ananta Addala is a pediatric endocrinologist and physician scientist at Stanford University addressing disparities in pediatric type 1 diabetes management and outcomes. As a physician with a background in pediatric endocrinology, epidemiology, and behavioral health, she aims to build an evidence-based approach to addressing T1D disparities by systematically evaluating youth-, family-, provider-, and system-level barriers to optimal diabetes care in youth from low socioeconomic and racial/ethnic minority groups. She is funded by NIDDK K23 to understand and address disparities in pediatric diabetes technology access and utilization. She also has funding from the Maternal Child Research Institute and Helmsley Charitable Trust. To date, her publications have demonstrated that the disparities in pediatric T1D by socioeconomic status are worsening in the US, provider bias against public insurance is common, and public insurance mediated interruptions to diabetes technology adversely impact glycemic outcomes. She has also been leading the efforts to improve justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in research at Stanford University through her leadership at Stanford Pediatrics Advancing Anti-Racism Coalition and as the co-chair of TrialNet's Underrepresented Minorities Outreach Committee.

Ramzi Ajjan (FRCP, MMed.Sci, PhD) is a Professor of Metabolic Medicine and an Honorary Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Leeds University and Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust. His research work collectively aims to reduce cardiovascular complications in diabetes by optimizing glycaemic control and ameliorating the thrombotic environment. His clinical practice concentrates on young adults with diabetes as well as older individuals with established cardiovascular disease. He has over 220 publications including original articles, reviews and book chapters. He is Head of the Clinical Population and Sciences Department at the University of Leeds, Diabetes Lead of the regional Clinical Research Network and Associate Editor of Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research.