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.
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