$300,000 to 成人大片 for diabetes research

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There are 415 million people living with diabetes worldwide

The Diabetes SA Research Grants Program has awarded $300,000 in funding, all to researchers from the 成人大片.

The grants program, which launched in 2018, funds research into diabetes detection, prevention and management.

Worldwide, there are 415 million people living with diabetes and it is the fastest growing chronic health condition in the world today. Without significant change it is estimated that 642 million people will have diabetes by 2040.

The Diabetes SA Research Grants Program recipients each receive $100,000. They are:

鈥⑻ 听Dr Megan Penno听鈥 for deep profiling for early biomarkers of progression to islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes in mother-infant dads听participating in the ENDIA study 鈥 a collaboration between the 成人大片, Women鈥檚 and Children鈥檚 Hospital and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research.

Dr David Jesudason听鈥 for addressing life threatening ketoacidosis associated with sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors and key antidiabetic medicines. The research is a collaboration between the 成人大片 and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

鈥⑻ 听Dr Cher-Rin Chong听鈥 for a novel strategy for cardiovascular protection in type 2 diabetes. The research is a collaboration between the 成人大片, Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

鈥淢any of the State鈥檚 best researchers are part of our University, and this latest support for three of our best teams will support excellent research directed at real and positive impact.鈥Professor Anton Middelberg, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), The 成人大片

Professor Anton Middelberg, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the 成人大片 congratulated the three researchers for their vision to improve the lives of people living with diabetes.听

鈥淢any of the State鈥檚 best researchers are part of our University, and this latest support for three of our best teams will support excellent research directed at real and positive impact,鈥 Professor Middelberg said.

鈥淚t is testament to their abilities that the 成人大片 is able to work with important organisations such as Diabetes SA on some of the most pressing medical issues around this silent killer.鈥澨

Diabetes SA Chief Executive Officer, Angelique Pasalidis says the three 成人大片 researchers were selected by an esteemed panel of diabetes experts to receive $100,000 each for their diabetes research projects.

鈥淭hese research projects are vital to changing the future for people living with diabetes, and we are very much looking forward to providing regular progress reports and updates as their projects get underway,鈥 Ms Pasalidis said.

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