#  Building High-Value Health Systems: Transforming Type 1 Diabetes Healthcare 

 



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###  Building High-Value Health Systems: Transforming Type 1 Diabetes Healthcare 

**Overview**

*The Global Collaborative for Changing Diabetes in Children (GC-CDiC)* course equips clinicians, health leaders, and innovators to transform care for children and adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). Eight T1D modules provide participants with the foundational skills, concepts and frameworks to critically discuss, examine, and engage in the Global T1D cohort study, high-value health systems, research ethics, epidemiology, biostatistics and data analysis, decision science, management of complex research projects, and evidence dissemination and translation. These core modules anchor an expanding suite of applied clinical modules that draw on provider experience from GC-CDiC collaborating countries by leading clinicians. All content is designed to foster inclusive participation in, and collaboration around, the GC-CDiC global cohort study—the world’s largest longitudinal study of pediatric T1D.



 

 

##  Key Details 

Sort**Application status**

Open – rolling admissions 

**Format**

100% online; 8 self-paced micro-sessions with applied exercises

**Location**

Virtual (hosted on the HHI Learning Management System)

**Fee**

No charge (programme fully sponsored)

**Apply**

Submit the short form at hsi-lab.org/gcdic-apply







 

 

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###  Teaching Team 

***Principal Investigator and Project Director***

**Prof. Rifat Atun, MBBS MBA DIC FRCGP FFPH FRCP**

Professor of Global Health Systems

Vice Dean, Non-Degree Education and Innovation

Director, Health Systems Innovation La

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

***Course Director***

**Dr Che L Reddy, MBChB, MPH**

Associate Director, Innovation and Translation, Health Systems Innovation Lab, Harvard University

***Instructional Design Directors***

**Rodger LeGrand, MFA**

Senior Program Manager, Humanitarian Academy Education, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University

**William Wang, MBA**

Program Manager, Humanitarian Academy Education, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University



 

 

***Course Faculty***

Module 1: The Global Type 1 Diabetes Cohort Study

**Dr Jake Figi, MBBS, MPH**

Postdoctoral Research Fellow and GC-CDiC Project Lead

Health Systems Innovation Lab, Harvard University

Module 2: Building High-Value Health Systems

**Che L. Reddy, MBChB, MPH**

Associate Director, Innovation and Translation; Research Associate

Health Systems Innovation Lab, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Module 3: Research Ethics

**Nour Sharara, MPH**

Senior Program Manager, GC-CDiC

Health Systems Innovation Lab

Module 4: Research Management

**Dorit Talia Stein, PhD**

Researcher

Health Systems Innovation Lab

 Module 5: Working with Health Data

**Caroline A. Bulstra, DVM, MHSc, PhD**

Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Head of Communications & Partnerships

Health Systems Innovation Lab

Module 6: Fundamentals of Epidemiology

**Dr Jake Figi, MBBS, MPH**

Postdoctoral Research Fellow; GC-CDiC Project Lead

Health Systems Innovation Lab

Module 7: Health Systems Modeling

**Zachary J. Ward, MPH, PhD**

Associate Director, Research; Assistant Professor of Health Decision Science

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Module 8: Communicating Research

**Anne C. Bischops, MD**

Postdoctoral Fellow, Computational Health Informatics Program (CHIP)

Boston Children’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School



 

 

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##  Why Enroll? 

- Evidence-based, practitioner-focused learning anchored in health systems change management and value creation
- Direct alignment with the GC-CDiC global cohort study, enabling participants to engage in collaborative interdisciplinary research, benefit from shared data solutions, and apply findings to enhance value in T1D care delivery
- Flexible, no-cost format designed for busy professionals



 

 

 

**Join a global learning community working to change the future of diabetes care.**

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