Professor Helen Colhoun (MB BCh BAO, MD, MFMHM FRCP (Ed)) is an AXA Chair of Medical Informatics & Life Course Epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh, and an Honorary Consultant in Public Health for Public Health Scotland. Prof. Colhoun leads the Diabetes Medical Informatics and Epidemiology research group, where her team harnesses electronic healthcare records and related biobanks and genetic information to further our understanding of the pathogenesis and means of prevention of diabetes and associated complications. Prof. Colhoun has led the formation and development of the national diabetes research platform in Scotland, and is the principal investigator of the Scottish Diabetes Research Network Type 1 Bioresource (SDRNT1BIO) study.