Dr Shoba Poduval

Dr Shoba Poduval is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Primary Care at Queen Mary University of London and a GP in Tottenham, North London. Her research focuses on diabetes prevention, self-management and health inequalities, with particular interests in type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes and the wider social factors that influence long-term health. She previously contributed to the development of “Healthy Living”, one of the UK's first online structured education and self-management programmes for people with type 2 diabetes.

Her work spans primary care, public health and health services research, examining how poverty, food insecurity, ethnicity and digital exclusion affect people's ability to prevent and manage long-term conditions. She has led several NIHR-funded studies exploring diabetes, women's health and health inequalities in underserved communities. Alongside her academic work, a GP she is committed to improving equitable access to prevention and self-management support for people living with diabetes across diverse communities.