Trends in Diabetic Complications in Texas
Date: October 24, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: HEC 3.200 or Online via MS Teams
Presented by
Daniel Jupiter, PhD
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, UTMB Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Associate Professor, UTMB School of Public and Population Health
Microsoft Teams Meeting
Meeting ID: 263 456 276 348
Passcode: EdWTgY
Join us to hear Dr. Daniel Jupiter discuss the changing landscape of diabetes and its complications in Texas. He will discuss trends in amputation secondary to diabetes as well as other complications of diabetes, and how socioeconomic factors such as insurance are impacting patterns of amputation. Dr. Jupiter will also explore race and geography and examine trajectories of and complications of diabetes.
An estimated 529 million people worldwide (6.1% of the population) live with diabetes, and the number is increasing. In the US, the percentage is higher, with 11.3% of the population having the disease. Rates in Texas are again higher, greater than 12%. Texas also has a large Hispanic population, predisposed to the disease and its sequelae. As this relatively young population ages, the burden of diabetes and its complications in Texas will increase. An understanding of the changing landscape of the consequences of diabetes in Texas is thus needed.
Dr. Jupiter earned his Doctoral Degree in Mathematics from the University of Michigan and completed a postdoctoral appointment in Mathematics at Texas A&M University. He joined UTMB in 2014. Dr. Jupiter's research focuses on lower extremity complications of diabetes. He works closely with clinical collaborators at UTMB and elsewhere to study these complications, with a particular focus on Texas.
