2025 News and Highlights
Diabetes Free SC (DFSC) executive medical director, Timothy J. Lyons, M.D., provides an overview of diabetes in the Palmetto State and the connections needed for a diabetes-free South Carolina.
In the Patients’ Words: Surgery and Pregnancy as Milestones for Change
Describe team-based care strategies used in the MOMs Midlands Diabetes Program and the MUSC Diabetes Presurgical Prehabilitation Program
Shifting Paradigms in Diabetes Management
Yale University endocrinologist outlines the latest in medical treatment options for those with diabetes.
Diabetes Intervention and Prevention in Faith and Empowerment Communities
Through sustainable behavior change, strengthened peer and faith-based support, and enhanced cultural and spiritual resilience, the SHIELD program seeks to reduce diabetes risk, improve disease management and provide a scalable model for faith-based health interventions.
Annual Impact Report
Poster Presentations
Learn more from the organizations who shared their diabetes-focused work during the 2025 Annual Meeting.
- Pregnancy and Women
SC MOMs
Women’s Health Initiative
- Clemson Rural Health - Manage Together
- Rural Health Services, Inc. - Women’s Health Initiative
- Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) - Women Against Diabetes Through Empowerment (WADE)
- Prisma Health Midlands) Women in Control of Diabetes (WICO)
- Prisma Health Upstate - Wellness and EmpOwerment for All Women (WOW)
- Children
Kids in Parks
School-Based Wellness
- Adults
FoodShare South Carolina
South Carolina Surgical Quality Diabetes Initiative (SCSQDI) - MUSC
Certified Health Workers (CHW)
Faith Community Outreach