Keynote Speakers & Chairs
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Marc Atkin
Marc Atkin has been a Consultant in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Internal Medicine in Bath, UK since 2012...
Dr Kirstine Bell
Dr Kirstine Bell is a dietitian, diabetes educator and NHMRC Emerging Research Leadership Fellow at the University of....
Rachel Besser
Rachel is a consultant paediatric endocrinologist at Oxford Children’s Hospital and
Honorary senior clinical ....
James Cantley
James Cantley is Professor of Diabetes and Metabolism and T1D Grand Challenge Senior Research Fellow at the University of Dundee, Faculty of ....
Per-Ola Carlsson
Per-Ola Carlsson is a professor of Medical Cell Biology at Uppsala University, Sweden. He also serves as a senior consultant in.....
Lucienne Chatenoud
Lucienne Chatenoud is Professor of Immunology Emeritus at Université Paris-Cité in Paris. Her research focused on basic mechanisms of autoimmunity....
Mohamed Elnaggar
Dr Mohamed Elnaggar is a Consultant Endocrinologist, Lipidologist and Clinical Lead for Lipid services at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay......
Kathleen Gillespie
Kathleen is Professor of Molecular Medicine at the University of Bristol where she has led the Type 1 Diabetes....
Korey Hood
Korey Hood, PhD is personally and professionally committed to improving the lives of people with diabetes. As Professor...
Partha Kar
Dr Partha Kar is a Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust and serves as Type 1 Diabetes...
Esther Latres
Esther Latres, Ph.D., is Senior Vice President of Research at Breakthrough T1D. In this role, Esther leads the strategic...
Fulya Mehta
Fulya is a Paediatrician working in Diabetes and General Paediatrics at Alder Hey
Children’s Hospital in...
Georgina Mortimer
Georgina Mortimer is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Diabetes and Metabolismresearch group...
Hilary Nathan
Hilary Nathan is Policy, Communications and Community Engagement Director at Breakthrough ...
Katharine Owen
Katharine Owen is an Associate Professor and Consultant Physician at the Oxford Centre
for Diabetes, Endocrinology....
Julia Platts
Dr Julia Platts is a Consultant in Diabetes and Medicine in Cardiff. She was appointed as the National Clinical Lead for...
Elizabeth Robertson
Dr Elizabeth Robertson is Director of Research and Clinical at Diabetes UK.
Previously she was the first....
Anath Shalev
Dr. Anath Shalev received her MD and training at the University of Basel, Switzerland. After a Postgraduate Course ...
Kimber Simmons
Dr Kimber Simmons is a paediatric endocrinologist and physician-scientist at the
Barbara Davis Center ....
Erin Templeman
Erin Templeman has recently completed her PhD and continuing her research at the University of Exeter focuses ...
Nicholas Thomas
I am a diabetes physician and academic clinical lecturer in Diabetes and
Endocrinology at the ....
Ruben Willemsen
Dr Ruben Willemsen is a Consultant in Paediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology and the Clinical Lead for ...
Neil Wright
Neil Wright is a Consultant Paediatrican with a Sub-speciality interest in
Endocrinology & Diabetes...
James Yong
James is a Paediatric Diabetes Consultant at Leeds Children's Hospital and BSPED
Diabetes Officer. He is the ...
