International Women’s Day 2022 9 March 2022 This International Women’s Day we celebrate the extraordinary contribution women have made to diabetes research across the globe. There are so many female researchers that have been at the forefront of medical discoveries that have transformed the lives of people with diabetes today. Dorothy Hodgkin was a Nobel Prize-winning British chemist who helped determine the structure of insulin, which led to vast improvements in the treatment of diabetes. Rosalyn Yalow, who also won a Nobel Prize, was part of the team that proved that type 2 diabetes was caused by the body’s inability to use insulin. Or Priscilla White who co-founded the Joslin Diabetes Centre – the world’s largest diabetes research centre. Closer to home, Kerin O’Dea was one of the first people to study the impact of a Western diet on First Nations people in Australia and its relationship with type 2 diabetes. These are just some of the pioneering women who have made significant contributions to the diabetes movement and have improved the lives of millions.#IWD22#breakthebias
Blog 5 December 2023 Top 10 articles for 2023 Perhaps unsurprisingly the top stories during 2023 were related to the availability, or otherwise, of medications. The nationwide shortage of... Continue Reading
Media releases 24 November 2023 New vitamin C diabetes research announced Deakin University’s Professor Glenn Wadley is a recipient of one of this year’s Diabetes Australia Research Program (DARP) grants to study the efficacy of vitamin C in the treatment of foot ulcers in people living with diabetes, which can lead to amputations. Continue Reading
Media releases 17 November 2023 Diabetes Australia invests in new research with 2024 DARP grants Diabetes Australia has announced the 2024 Diabetes Australia Research Program (DARP) grant recipients following World Diabetes Day (Nov 14). The recipients are undertaking research projects across a range of diabetes related areas including treatments for diabetic ketoacidosis, healing of foot ulcers, and kidney disease. Continue Reading