Chair: Dr James Pearson

Dr Pearson is an Associate Professor of Cellular Immunology and 125th Anniversary Fellow at the University of Birmingham. His groups research studies how time-of-day alters immune cells, and how this can be taken advantage of to improve screening for T1D risk, as well as when best to administer therapy to maximise clinical success. His lab is currently supported by the Steve Morgan Foundation through the T1D Grand Challenge, as well as funding from Breakthrough T1D. He is Treasurer of the British Society for Immunology Autoimmunity affinity group and is Chair of the Breakthrough T1D UK Scientific Advisory Council. He co-founded the Cardiff Diabetes Innovation Committee, a group of young people living with T1D, that co-created an interactive research event around research that matters to them. He also strongly advocates for other researchers to involve and engage people living with T1D in their research too.