Grant awarded for type 2 diabetes research 19 September 2024 Dr Rochelle Sleaby, Professor Lena Sanci, Professor Elif Ekinci, Dr Alex Lee, and Dr Kartik Kishore are the recipients of the joint 2024 RACGP Foundation/Diabetes Australia Research Grant. The grant is for the project “Preparing Primary Care for Precision Diabetes”, which will study how precision medicine (tailored to individual needs) can improve the management and prevention of type 2 diabetes in Australia. The research will look at how data analytics can be used to get the best health outcomes in type 2 diabetes management in primary care. Congratulations to Dr Sleaby and her team for focusing on how to accommodate individual needs and responses to therapy. Research like this supports people living with diabetes to get the best care possible.
News 24 July 2026 GLP-1 RA safety update for rare but severe eye disorders The Therapeutic Goods Administration has updated GLP-1 RA product warnings because of their potential to cause a rare but severe eye disorder. The glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist... Continue Reading
Blog 22 July 2026 Living Out Loud: how Australia spoke up for National Diabetes Week 2026 From 12 to 18 July, Australians living with diabetes, alongside their carers, researchers, health professionals and clinicians, did something powerful. They... Continue Reading
News 20 July 2026 Response to media reports from 60 Minutes, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The Age regarding regulation of diabetes technologies The safety of people living with diabetes must always come first. For many Australians, technologies such as insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors are essential tools that help prevent dangerous high and low blood glucose levels, reduce the daily burden of living with diabetes and improve long-term health outcomes. For some individuals they can be life-changing or even life-saving. Continue Reading
