Endocrinology & Diabetes research

The Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes performs clinical research in the areas of diabetes and thyroid cancer as well as basic research in diabetic complications and regulation of growth factor activity.

Achievements

Professor Leon Bach (CIF) is part of a team led by Professor Mark Cooper (Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute), who were awarded $2.5 million for the JDRF/NHMRC Diabetes Complications Centre of Research Excellence for 2014-2019.

Dr Kathryn Hackman and James Lee completed PhDs on their respective topics of ‘Diabetes and lung transplantation’ and ‘Thyroid cancer and microRNA’.

Postgraduate students

  • 2 PhD students

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Publications

Prolactin ordering patterns in psychiatric inpatients and the impact this has on patient management

Jones AS, Sztal-Mazer S, Rauchberger I, Hamblin PS

(2021), Australas Psychiatry, 29(3), 282-5

DOI: 10.1177/1039856220934326

Sodium glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor-induced diabetic ketoacidosis following tooth extraction: improving awareness among dental practitioners

Yap SD, Hamblin PS, Bach L, Ekinci E, Wong R

(2021), Aust Dent J, 66(4), 444-7

DOI: 10.1111/adj.12872

Clinical, psychological and demographic factors in a contemporary adult cohort with diabetic ketoacidosis and type 1 diabetes

Hare MJL, Deitch JM, Kang MJY, Bach LA

(2021), Intern Med J, 51(8), 1292-7

DOI: 10.1111/imj.14877

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