Balancing trust and privacy when using teens' data to manage type 1 diabetes
SCH: Striking a Balance: Trust and Privacy in Using Adolescents' Data for Diabetes Self-Management
This project adds 'smart nudges' to artificial pancreas devices to help teens and young adults with type 1 diabetes manage glucose using real-time signals like activity, mood, and stress.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of Colorado NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Boulder, UNITED STATES) |
| Project ID | NIH-11166502 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
As someone with type 1 diabetes, this project would make an artificial pancreas more aware of what you're doing and feeling so it can give brief, personalized prompts when you might need to adjust meals, activity, or insulin. The device collects real-time signals such as glucose, heart rate, physical activity, and short mood/stress questionnaires to build a 'whole person' model of your physiology and mental state. That model predicts when you might struggle with attention, stress, or planned activities and times nudges to support safer glucose control. The research team will test these methods with adolescents and young adults to refine what kinds of nudges work best and when.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates are adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes who use or are open to using automated insulin delivery (artificial pancreas) devices.
Not a fit: People without type 1 diabetes, older adults outside the study age range, or those who do not use automated insulin devices are unlikely to benefit directly.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, people could have better day-to-day glucose control and fewer dangerous high or low blood sugar episodes thanks to devices that personalize prompts to mood, activity, and stress.
How similar studies have performed: Existing artificial pancreas systems already improve glucose control, but combining device control with real-time mood, stress, and attention sensing for behavioral nudges is a newer approach that has not been widely tested in teens.
Where this research is happening
Boulder, UNITED STATES
- University of Colorado — Boulder, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Voida, Stephen — University of Colorado
- Study coordinator: Voida, Stephen
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.