Professor Peter Flatt MBE

Professor Peter Flatt MBE, DSc, MRIA from Ulster University has worked on glucoregulatory mechanisms and experimental diabetes research for more than 50 years. His work has unveiled novel actions of the incretin hormones, GLP-1 and GIP. In 2007, he delivered the Dorothy Hodgkin Lecture and Meet the Professor Session at Glasgow on the therapeutic potential of GIP agonism/antagonism and GLP-1 receptor agonists. Since then, Flatt and colleagues have significantly contributed to the development of incretin therapeutics which have revolutionised treatment of diabetes and obesity. Flatt has edited seven multi-authored texts, published more than 700 original papers/reviews, and received awards from Royal Irish Academy, EASD, IES, Biochemical Society and Steno Medal. An active member of Diabetes UK since 1975, Flatt has supervised >100 PhD students with many holding senior academic posts and still conducting diabetes research. He was awarded MBE for services to diabetes research by King Charles III in 2025.