{"id":9791,"date":"2026-05-05T09:52:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/aging\/?p=9791"},"modified":"2026-05-05T09:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:52:24","slug":"cah-faculty-and-staff-publish-article-in-american-diabetes-association-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/aging\/cah-faculty-and-staff-publish-article-in-american-diabetes-association-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"CAH Faculty and Staff Publish Article in American Diabetes Association Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/diabetesjournals.org\/docm-care\/article\/doi\/10.2337\/doc25-0079\/164704\/Qualitative-Analysis-of-Patient-Portal-Messages?guestAccessKey=e2231543-7ba1-499a-8e2c-65f46468a881\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9792 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/aging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/753\/2026\/05\/Kahkoska-et-al-April-2026-paper-300x201.png\" alt=\"Anna Kahkoska, MD, PhD, CAH Faculty and Staff Publish Article in American Diabetes Association Journal\" width=\"436\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/aging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/753\/2026\/05\/Kahkoska-et-al-April-2026-paper-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/aging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/753\/2026\/05\/Kahkoska-et-al-April-2026-paper-1024x685.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/aging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/753\/2026\/05\/Kahkoska-et-al-April-2026-paper-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/aging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/753\/2026\/05\/Kahkoska-et-al-April-2026-paper-600x402.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/aging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/753\/2026\/05\/Kahkoska-et-al-April-2026-paper.png 1095w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/a>Recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/geriatrics\/people\/anna-kahkoska-md-phd\/\">Anna Kahkoska, MD, PhD<\/a> (Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine) was lead author on a paper entitled <em>Qualitative Analysis of Patient Portal Messages From Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Published in April 2026, several other Center for Aging and Health staff and faculty contributed to the paper including Social\/Clinical Research Assistants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/aging\/directory\/casey-kelley-mph\/\">Casey Kelley<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/aging\/directory\/sophia-lourduraj\/\">Sophia Lourduraj<\/a> along with Assistant Professor of Medicine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/geriatrics\/people\/michael-g-rydberg-md\/\">Michael G. Rydberg, MD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/diabetesjournals.org\/docm-care\/article\/doi\/10.2337\/doc25-0079\/164704\/Qualitative-Analysis-of-Patient-Portal-Messages?guestAccessKey=e2231543-7ba1-499a-8e2c-65f46468a881\">Read the article here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, Anna Kahkoska, MD, PhD (Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine) was lead author on a paper entitled Qualitative Analysis of Patient Portal Messages From Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes.\u00a0 Published in April 2026, several other Center for Aging and Health staff and faculty contributed to the paper including Social\/Clinical &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/aging\/cah-faculty-and-staff-publish-article-in-american-diabetes-association-journal\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about CAH Faculty and Staff Publish Article in American Diabetes Association Journal\">Read 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