Speakers

Featuring expert speakers, highlighting the latest insights and advances in diabetes care and research.

Plenary speakers

Dr Clare Hambling

National Clinical Director for Diabetes and Obesity, NHS England

Colette Marshall

Chief Executive, Diabetes UK

Professor Guy Lubitsh

Client Director and Professor of Practice , Ashridge Executive Education & Hult International Business School

Professor Helen Bevan

Professor of Practice in Health and Care Improvement, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Professor Kamlesh Khunti

Professor of Primary Care Diabetes and Vascular Medicine, University of Leicester

Dr Marc Atkin

National Speciality Advisor for Diabetes, NHS England

Professor Naresh Kanumilli

GP and Clinical Lead for Diabetes, Greater Manchester and Eastern Cheshire Strategic Clinical Networks

Named Lecturers

Claire Meek

Professor of Chemical Pathology & Diabetes in Pregnancy, Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester UK

Professor Partha Kar

Type 1 Diabetes & Technology Lead, NHS England & , Consultant, Diabetes & Endocrinology & General Medicine, Portsmouth

Professor Samuel Seidu

Professor in Primary Care Diabetes and Cardio-Metabolic Medicine, GP Partner, Leicester Diabetes Centre

Professor Sarah Finer

Professor of Clinical Diabetes, Queen Mary University of London &, Honorary Consultant Diabetologist, Barts Health NHS Trust

Speakers

Adrian Heald

Consultant Physician in Diabetes and Endocrinology

Ahmed Ahmed

Consultant Surgeon and Clinical Professor in Metabolic Surgery

Dr Ahmad Moolla

Consultant Physician in Diabetes & Endocrinology, Royal Free London NHS

Alison Holloway

Freelance Dietitian

Dr Alistair Lumb

Consultant Diabetes/AGM, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Chair, Diabetes Technology Network-UK

Andrea Gledhill

Podiatric Surgeon, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Ana Domingos

Professor of Neuroscience, University of Oxford

Anna Hodgkinson

Consultant Pharmacist - Diabetes, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Angus Jones

Professor and Honorary Consultant Physician, University of Exeter and Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Almuth McDowall

Professor of Organisational Psychology, Birbeck University of London

Dr Aoife Slattery

Inequality and Engagement Lead, Diabetes UK

Bernadette Adeyileka-Tracz

CEO, Diabetes Africa

Bettina Platt

Chair in Translational Neuroscience, University of Aberdeen

Professor Brian Kennon

Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology, Glasgow

Camile Powe

Endocrinologist

Caroline Ovadia

Clinical Senior Lecturer, Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh

Catriona Howes

Consultant liaison psychiatrist

Charlotte Cockman

Dietitian and Researcher, NHS

Dr Christopher Garrett PhD MRCP MRC

Consultant in Diabetes Psychiatry, Bart's Health and East London Foundation Trust

Dr Daniel Flanagan

Consultant endocrinologist, University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust, Clinical lead for Diabetes Care Accreditation Programme

Dr Danielle Adewusi

Medical Doctor, Founder, Scrub The Stigma

Dr David Hopkins

Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology, Jersey

Dr David Iacuaniello

Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology, East and North Herts

Dr Dominika Antoniszczak

Dentist with special interest in Periodontics and Diabetes &, Education Advisor Diabetes & Periodontitis Hub & Person with type 1 diabetes lived experience

Dr Duane Mellor

Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Dietitian, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Professor Duncan Bassett

Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College School of Medicine

Dr Elizabeth Robertson

Director of Research and Clinical, Vice chair of PCOC, Diabetes UK

Dr Emma Wilmot

Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Diabetologist, University of Nottingham and University Hospitals of Derby and Burton

Erica P Gunderson PhD MPH

Professor, Department of Health Systems Science, Kaiser Permanete Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

Dr Fareed Oomer

ST6 Psychiatry Trainee, Bart's Health and East London Foundation Trust

Dr Finola Cullenbrooke

ST6, Psychiatry, Bart's Health and East London Foundation Trust

Dr Fulya Mehta

National Speciality Advisor for Children and Young Adults, NHS England

Garry Tann

Consultant and Clinical Lead, National Diabetes Audit

Professor Gerry Rayman

Consultant Diabetologist, Diabetes and Endocrine Centre, Ipswich Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr Giuseppe Maltese

Consultant in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Diabetic Medicine, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals

Hannah Greer

Campaigns Lead - Diabetes Stigma, Diabetes UK

Harriet Launders

Anti-Infectives Pharmacist, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust & Hampshire Isle of Wight NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Helen Colhoun

AXA Chair of Medical Informatics and Life Course Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh

Dr Hellena Habte-Asres

Lead Clinical Research Nurse in Diabetes & Chronic Kidney Disease, Royal Free Hospital

Hina Jawaid

GP

Iain M Lumsden

Lived experience with type 1 diabetes and using technology

Dr Ian Lawrence

Diabetes Consultant Phyisician, Head of Service, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Dr Itunu Johnson-Sogbetun

GP (Consultant in Family Medicine)

Jackie Sturt

Professor of Behavioural Medicine in Nursing, King's College London

Jacqueline Barry

Chief Clinical Officer, Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult

Professor James Cantley

Chair of Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Dundee

Professor Janaka Karalliedde FRCP PhD

Professor of Clinical Diabetes and Consultant Physician , King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital London

Professor Jane Blazeby

Honorary Consultant Surgeon, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust , Professor of Surgery, University of Bristol &

Jayne Robbie

Specialist Podiatrist, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust

Joelle Baynham

Consultant Podiatrist, Diabetes Inpatients and Deputy NMP Lead, Bournemouth

Dr Jolyon Dales

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Consultant Diabetologist

Dr Jonathan Golding

Specialist registrar, University Hospitals Sussex

Jonathan Valabhji

Clinical Chair in Medicine at Imperial College London and Consultant Diabetologist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Jeremy Turner

Consultant Endocrinologist, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

John Grumitt

Chair, IDEAL CIC & Ambassador, Diabetes UK & , Person with type 1 diabetes lived experience

Julia Platts

National Clinical Lead for Diabetes in Wales and Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Julia Gosling

Senior Diabetes Clinical Research Nurse, Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust

Dr. Jyothis George

Chief Medical Officer, NodThera

Dr Kalyaani Persad

FY1 Doctor, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

Professor Katharine Barnard-Kelly

Professor in Health Psychology & Diabetes Clinical Psychologist, Southern NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Ketan Dhatariya

Chair ABCD and Consultant in Diabetes and Endocinology

Professor Ken Ong

Professor of Paediatric Epidemiology, University of Cambridge

Kirsty MacLennan

Consultant Clinical Psychologist (diabetes, adult weight management and sexual health), Clinical Lead , NHS Grampian Diabetes Managed Clinical Network

Katie Hards

Diabetes Specialist Nurse, Clinical Lead Adults Service, Oxford

Katie Lamb

Person living with type 1 diabetes

Dr Kriss Owen

GP Partner and GP Clinical Lead for Diabetes, Derby and Derbyshire, Littlewick Medical Centre

Dr Lalantha Leelarathna

Clinical Associate Professor, Imperial College School of Medicine &, Consultant in Diabetes, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Professor Laurence Taggart

Professor of Implementation Science, Queen's University Belfast

Liz Simmonds

Head of Research Culture, University of Cambridge

Professor Lora Heisler

Professor of Human Nutrition, University of Aberdeen

Louise Cooper

PhD Candidate, MRC Epidemology Unit, University of Cambridge

Dr Marina Politis

Academic Foundation Doctor, Newcastle

Mark Tiller

Person living with type 2 diabetes

Professor Mark Evans

Professor of Diabetic Medicine, University of Cambridge &, Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Professor May Ng OBE

Consultant Paediatrician and Paediatric Endocrinologist, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Professor of Child Health, Edge Hill University &

Dr Mayank Patel

Consultant Diabetologist, University Hospital Southampton

Megan Peck

Research Assistant and D-stree doctoral candidate, King's College London

Michelle Law

Person living with type 1 diabetes and Honorary Professor, Exeter University

Professor Mike Edmonds

Consultant Diabetologist, Kings College London

Michael Gibbs

Consultant in crisis, conflict management and leadership

Professor Michael Weiss

Distinguished Professor and Precision Health Initiative Endowed Chair in Chemical Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine

Professor Naveed Sattar

Professor of Cardiometabolic Medicine & Honorary Consultant Physician

Professor Nick Oliver

Professor of Human Metabolism & Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Nicola Milne

Practice Nurse, Northenden Group Practice

Professor Nita Gandhi Forouhi

Professor of Population Health & Nutrition, MRC Investigator, Programme Leader, NIHR Investigator, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge

Noel Morgan

Editor-in-Chief, Diabetic Medicine, Emeritus Professor of Endocrine Pharmacology, University of Exeter

Dr Parizad Avari

Consultant Diabetologist, Imperial College Healthcare Trust, London

Professor Paul Chadwick

Consultant Podiatrist

Paula Johnston

Diabetes Specialist Nurse, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Pedro Cardoso

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, University of Exeter Medical School

Dr Peter Jacobs

Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology, Barts Health NHS Trust

Dr Peter Scanlon

Consultant Diabetologist, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Pratik Choudhary

Professor in Diabetes, University of Leicester &, Honorary Consultant in Diabetes, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Dr Rahab Hashim

Advanced Diabetes Nurse Practitioner and Diabetes Researcher

Professor Ramzi Ajjan

Consultant Diabetologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust &, Professor of Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds

Dr Renuka Dias

Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist , Birmingham Children's Hospital

Reza Zaidi

Consultant, Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust

Richard Holt MA MB BChir PhD FRCP FHEA

Professor in diabetes and endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton

Ruth Harris

Professor of Healthcare for Older Adults, King's College London

Dr Sangeetha Steevart

General Practitioner, Helsby Street Medical Centre

Professor Sankalpa Neupane

Clinical Professor, Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK &, Hon Consultant, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sara Crowley

Transition Coordinator for Wales, Diabetes Strategic Network

Dr Sarah Ali

Consultant Diabetologist, Royal Free Hospital

Dr Sarah Davies

GP Partner, Woodlands Medical Centre, Cardiff

Sarah Dib

Post-doctoral researcher, University of Leicester

Dr Shivani Misra

Consultant Physician, Associate Professor and Head of Section Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College London

Sophie Steculorum

Prinicpal Invesitgator, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research

Dr Stella George

Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology, East and North Herts

Dr Stephen Lawrence

Associate Clinical Professor, University of Warwick & GP

Dr Steve Jackson

Consultant Physician and Chief Medical Information Officer, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Dr Teifion Luckett

Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Exeter

Teresa Niccoli

Associate Professor - Genetics, Evolution & Environment, UCL

Dr Raj T Than

Leicester City Lead for Diabetes, GP Partner, Humberstone Medical Centre

Professor Victoria Salem

RD Lawrence Professor of Diabetic Medicine, Kings College London

Professor Wasim Hanif

Professor of Diabetes & Endocrinology, Consultant Physician, & Head of Service, University Hospital Birmingham

Dr William Scott

Welcome Trust Clinical Research Career Development Fellow, Institute of Clincial Science, Imperial College London

Dr Zehra Yonel

Clinical Lecturer - Restorative Dentistry, University of Birmingham

Chairs

Chair: Professor Alan Sinclair

Professor in Diabetes Care, Kings College London & , Director of Foundation for Diabetes Research

Chair: Allan McMillan

Co-Chair of the Diabetes UK Lived Experience Advisory Committee

Dr Alistair Lumb

Consultant Diabetes/AGM, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Chair, Diabetes Technology Network-UK

Bernadette Adeyileka-Tracz

CEO, Diabetes Africa

Chair: Callum Metcalfe-O'Shea

UK Professional Lead for Long-Term Conditions, Royal College of Nursing

Claire Meek

Professor of Chemical Pathology & Diabetes in Pregnancy, Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester UK

Dr Danielle Adewusi

Medical Doctor, Founder, Scrub The Stigma

Dr Emma Wilmot

Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Diabetologist, University of Nottingham and University Hospitals of Derby and Burton

Dr Ian Lawrence

Diabetes Consultant Phyisician, Head of Service, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Dr Jolyon Dales

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Consultant Diabetologist

Jayne Robbie

Specialist Podiatrist, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust

Professor Ken Ong

Professor of Paediatric Epidemiology, University of Cambridge

Dr Kriss Owen

GP Partner and GP Clinical Lead for Diabetes, Derby and Derbyshire, Littlewick Medical Centre

Megan Heague

SFP Doctor, University Hospitals of Liverpool Group

Professor Mike Edmonds

Consultant Diabetologist, Kings College London

Chair: Natasha Macdonald

PhD Student, University of Exeter

Nicola Milne

Practice Nurse, Northenden Group Practice

Noel Morgan

Editor-in-Chief, Diabetic Medicine, Emeritus Professor of Endocrine Pharmacology, University of Exeter

Reena Patel

Practice Nurse, Spinney Hill Medical Centre, Leicester

Chair: Professor Roy Taylor

Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Metabolism, University of Newcastle

Chair: Professor Simon Heller

Professor of Clinical Diabetes, University of Sheffield

Professor Susan Wong

Professor of Molecular Medicine, Diabetes and Metabolism &, Honorary Consultant Physician in Diabetes, University Hospital Wales

Professor Tahseen Chowdhury

Consultant in Diabetes, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust

Dr Tabitha Randell

Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nottingham Children’s

Professor Wasim Hanif

Professor of Diabetes & Endocrinology, Consultant Physician, & Head of Service, University Hospital Birmingham

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