The Second Pancreas Project

Building Patient Centered Solutions

Mission 2019-2028

The Project focuses upon enabling and enhancing agency in the person with diabetes.

Part A: Quantified Self

Refers to the technological project of gathering Data and Self Managing Diabetes. The sub-projects in this section are:

A1. Data Project

Is there another way to imagine and activate data for improved health outcomes of patients?

A2. Interaction Design

How can physical computing, hardware devices, and sensors be re-imagined to help people with diabetes?

A3. Artificial Pancreas

Ecosystem of medications, insulin, and diets to simulate the functioning of a healthy pancreas.

A4. Wearables and Apps

Imagining wearables and Apps tailored for specific categories of people?

Part B: Care of the Self

Refers to the ‘life style change’ that is required to address diabetes. To realise a weight loss, a body sensitive diet, an exercise regime and a reduction of harmful consumption. That said Care of the Self comes easy to some, that have discipline and the ability to take action towards future goals. It is however hard for others that do not have the mental self-discipline, or the ability to change their circumstances. The subprojects in this section are:

B1. New Traditions/ New Languages

The care of the self imagined as a ‘way’ that is culturally constructed. A practice, a new tradition – thus new ways of doing many things.

B2. Supportive Care App

CoDesign with patients a digital resource for self and carer management.

B3. Venture

Speculative collaborative consumption - connecting People with Diabetes with Peers.

Questions?

Contact [soumitri.varadarajan(at)rmit.edu.au] to get more information on the project

Baker Institute

The "Second Pancreas" refers to the affordances and practices outside of the body. That are set up to emulate the functioning of the pancreas.

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