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

Meal-time glycaemia in adults with type 1 diabetes using multiple daily injections vs insulin pump therapy following carbohydrate-counting education and bolus calculator provision

Lu JC, Vogrin S, McAuley SA, Lee MH, Paldus B, Bach LA, Burt MG, Clarke PM, Cohen ND, Colman PG, de Bock MI, Jane Holmes-Walker D, Jenkins AJ, Kaye J, Keech AC, Kumareswaran K, MacIsaac RJ, McCallum RW, Roem K, Sims C, Stranks SN, Trawley S, Ward GM, Sundararajan V, Jones TW, O'Neal DN; Australian JDRF Closed-Loop Research Group

(2021), DIABETES RES CLIN PR, 179, 109000

DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2021.109000

Sepsis and adrenal insufficiency: a potentially lethal combination

Hamblin PS, Yeap BB, Torpy DJ

(2021), MED J AUSTRALIA, 214(7), 334-334e.1

DOI: 10.5694/mja2.50993

Less Nocturnal Hypoglycemia but Equivalent Time in Range Among Adults with Type 1 Diabetes Using Insulin Pumps Versus Multiple Daily Injections

McAuley SA, Vogrin S, Lee MH, Paldus B, Trawley S, de Bock MI, Abraham MB, Bach LA, Burt MG, Cohen ND, Colman PG, Davis EA, Hendrieckx C, Holmes-Walker DJ, Jenkins AJ, Kaye J, Keech AC, Kumareswaran K, MacIsaac RJ, McCallum RW, Sims CM, Speight J, Stranks SN, Sundararajan V, Ward GM, Jones TW, O'Neal DN; Australian JDRF Closed-Loop Research Group

(2021), DIABETES TECHNOL THE, 23(6), 460-6

DOI: 10.1089/dia.2020.0589

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