Professor Jerry Greenfield – 2019 Type 1 Diabetes Millennium Research Award 14 December 2018 Professor Jerry Greenfield, from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, has been awarded the Diabetes Australia Research Trust 2019 Type 1 Diabetes Millennium Award to support research into insulin resistance in people with type 1 diabetes. While insulin resistance is usually associated with type 2 diabetes, it is increasingly being detected in people with type 1 diabetes. Insulin resistance can increase a person’s risk of developing a range of diabetes-related complications. Professor Greenfield and his team will be looking at a group of people with type 1 diabetes to try and establish why some people with type 1 diabetes are prone to insulin resistance and possible strategies for treatment. The Millennium Award provides $150,000 to support research. *Picture: Diabetes Australia CEO Professor Greg Johnson, Professor Jerry Greenfield and John Townend, Chair of Diabetes Australia Research Ltd. *
Media releases 18 August 2026 500k Shane Warne Legacy Health Check milestone on the first day of international diabetes congress The Western-Pacific’s largest diabetes and metabolic health congress has opened with a Community Day in Melbourne, delivering the 500,000th Shane Warne Legacy health check to highlight the importance of cardiometabolic health screenings, and the urgent nature of the type 2 diabetes epidemic facing the region. Continue Reading
Media releases 17 August 2026 Diabetes Australia to deliver Insulin Pump Program supporting children and young people Diabetes Australia has been appointed to deliver the Commonwealth-funded Insulin Pump Program (IPP). Continue Reading
Media releases 14 August 2026 Beyond blood glucose: New national partnership to measure how Australians with diabetes are really doing For the first time, the Australian Unity Wellbeing Index will be used to build the most complete picture yet of how diabetes affects Australian’s lives beyond clinical outcomes and health system costs, thanks to a partnership between Diabetes Australia, Deakin University, and the Australian Unity Support Foundation. Continue Reading
