Diabetes: From Beta Cells to Bicycles

Co-Leadership in Research

Episode Summary

Dr. Megan Levings and Dr. Bruce Verchere discuss how co-leadership and collaboration are essential in advancing research goals.

Episode Notes

From Beta Cells to Bicycles Presents a short series on the Breakthrough T1D Canucks for Kids Fund Centre of Excellence at the University of British Columbia.

Dr. Megan Levings and Dr. Bruce Verchere, who are co-leaders of the Centre of Excellence, explore what shared leadership looks like in practice.

In this conversation with host Krista Lamb, Dr. Levings and Dr. Verchere explore partnership models, team synergy, and decision-making between researchers and community partners. They also discuss their own research and how it contributes to our understanding of type 1 diabetes. 

Learn more about the Breakthrough T1D Canucks for Kids Fund Centre of Excellence at the University of British Columbia on their website: https://breakthrought1d.med.ubc.ca/