Media Cover NIH Grant Awarded to Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute

$2.9 Million will fund innovative clinical trial

A woman monitors her blood sugar on a device, part of an innovative effort via an NIH grant awarded to Scripps.

$2.9 Million will fund innovative clinical trial

A number of media outlets have reported on a $2.9 million grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health to the Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute to study the use of mHealth technology and text messaging to improve Type 2 diabetes management among high-risk Hispanic patients in San Diego County.


Read the San Diego Union-Tribune article:

Grants Flowing to Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute


Read the Becker's Health IT & CIO Review article: Scripps to Study Text Messaging, Diabetes Management With $2.9M NIH Grant


Read the MobiHealthNews article: Diabetes News Roundup: NovioSense Funding, Tandem Adds Bluetooth, Scripps Gets Text Messaging Grant


The San Diego Metro article, "Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute Gifted $2.9M Grant to Study High-Risk Hispanics," is not available at this time.


Read the FierceHealthcare article: Scripps Taps Text for Diabetes Management


Read the San Diego Business Journal article: Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute Receives $2.9 Million NIH Grant


Read the Times of San Diego article: Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute Gifted $2.9 Million Grant to Study High-Risk Hispanics


Read the News Medical article: NIH Funds Innovative Study to Examine Use of Text Messaging in Improving Diabetes Care

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