The Alexa Diabetes Challenge

Sponsored by Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, U.S.A.

A Q&A with Olu Ajilore, Co-Director, Adult/Neuroscience Research Track at University of Illinois at Chicago. His team developed DiaBetty, a virtual diabetes educator and at-home coach that is sensitive and responsive to the patient’s mood, enhancing patient skills for self-management.

As the finalists work to iterate their concepts, we want to extend a big thank you to the 21 experts who make up our review panel.