James Elliott is an independent researcher focused on diabetes, global health and wound care. He studies diabetes self-management, education and support, including in Lebanon and Oman. He works with Médecins Sans Frontières, Canadian Association of Wound Care and the International Interprofessional Wound Care Course at the University of Toronto. James is a trustee of T1International, an NGO advocating for the rights of all people with type 1 diabetes to access insulin (#insulin4all), supplies and care. He lives with type 1 diabetes in Toronto Canada, the birthplace of insulin.
James Elliott
Independent researcherand trustee of T1 International NGO
1 published article
Opinion
Almost 100 years after it was discovered, let’s make access to insulin a reality in Africa!
On 11 January 1922, Leonard Thompson, a young 14 year-old diabetic, was the first patient in history to be injected with insulin to treat his type 1 diabetes. While this discovery will soon be celebrating its 100th anniversary, the hope it has generated is proving slow in materializing in a...