Diabetes History
Counselor Lore A
Diabetes Tech
Counselor Lore B
Diabetes Research
100

Who first isolated insulin?

Banting and Best

100

Which Simcrest counselor wakes up to Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" every morning?

Jacob

100

Define a closed-loop pump.

Talks to a CGM!
100

Which two Simcrest counselors do not attend Notre Dame?

Rob and Kate

100

Fill in the blank! Steps have been made towards identifying the ____ causes of type 1 diabetes.

genetic

200

Who did Banting and Best first administer insulin to?

Leonard Thompson

200

Which Simcrest counselor does not have a driver's license?

Kate

200

What was the first patch pump called?

The Omnipod!

200

Which Simcrest counselor got stung by a scorpion this session?

Jillian

200

Name a potential improvement that is continuously being made to insulin pumps and/or CGMs. 

Better closed-loop algorithms, smaller device sizes, less frequent need to change devices

300

Name one place that diabetes has been documented in ancient history.

ancient Egyptian papyri, ancient Indian and Chinese medical literature, and/or in the work of ancient Greek and Arab physicians

300

Which Simcrest counselor goes Christmas caroling with his mom at nursing homes every year?

Rob

300

Name an issue with the implantable insulin pumps that became popular in the 1990s. 

Catheter and/or battery life issues

300

Which Simcrest counselor listens to Million Dollar Baby every night before bed?

Emma

300

Fill in the blank! A clinical trial at the Indiana University School of Medicine found a drug called DMFO to be relatively effective at protecting ______ in newly-diagnosed patients with residual endogenous insulin production.

beta cells

400

Who coined the term "diabetes"?

Aretaeus of Cappadocia

400

Name the Sweeney classes that the Simcrest leadership were in charge of last year. 

Rob - choir

Jacob - basketball, advanced basketball

Kate - archery

Grace - boating and canoeing

Sarah - boating and canoeing

400

Who developed the first insulin pump?

Arnold Kadish

400

How many Simcrest counselors have twins in their immediate family? (This could include being a twin or having twin siblings) Bonus: name them!

Three - Adeline, Sarah, Kate

500

Fill in the blank! Researchers found a way to synthesize ____ insulin in 1979, eliminating the need to use ____-_____ insulin.

human, animal-derived

500

Name the entire Simmons staff from last summer.

Glenda, Eliana, Sarah, Steph, Kate, Rebekah, Jacky, Josie

500

In what year was the first computer-controlled closed-loop pump released? Bonus: name it!

1974, the Biostator

500

Name the entire Hillcrest staff from last summer.

Noah, Alan, Jacob, Tommy, Sam, Marc, Pablo, Iain