13-year-old Marylander develops app for children with Type 1 Diabetes

• Published date: 06 December 2020
• Author: ZACHARY KEYSER
• Date: 06 December 2020
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

The application software assists those with Type 1 diabetes and their families to calculate, track and report key medical statistics such as insulin dosages, carbohydrate amounts and blood glucose levels, as a universal solution for newly diagnosed children.

Drew Mendelow, 13, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in September 2020, shortly after he celebrated his bar mitzvah. While hospitalized at the Children's National Hospital in Washington, he learned that there was not a one-size-fits-all solution for children newly diagnosed with the glucose deficiency to keep note of their daily regimens, and eventually came up with the idea to design his own.

Mendelow used skills he acquired coding video games, throughout the summer's stay-at-home and social distancing orders, using the time to create an app before he had even stepped foot out of the hospital.

In order to fine tune the app, and to ensure its safety and efficacy, Mendelow worked closely with the hospital's care team, including Pediatric Endocrinologist Dr. Brynn Marks and nutritionist Alex Richardson, to make sure all the bases were covered when it comes to caring for Type 1 diabetes patients.

The T1D1 app was recently published and listed on both the Google Play and Apple App Stores, and...