Dr Julian Sacre is a mid-career researcher who has worked at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute since 2012. He is with the Clinical Diabetes and Epidemiology team, and the focus of his research is on cardiorenal complications.

Kanchana Perera is currently in her 2nd year of her Ph.D., at Western Sydney University under the supervision of Professor David Simmons. Her research focusses on evaluating ethnic disparities in type 2 diabetes and associated complications, particularly diabetic kidney disease, in New Zealand.

Dr. Morag Nelson received her PhD from the University of Glasgow and has since worked in roles across academia, government and the pharmaceutical industry. She is currently the Head of Medical Affairs, Cardio Renal Metabolic at Boehringer Ingelheim, Australia.

Milan Piya is an A/Prof in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism at the School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, as well as a clinical academic endocrinologist at Campbelltown and Camden Hospitals.

Dr Lei Chen is a postdoctoral researcher in the Diabetes and Population Health Unit at Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute. Her work involves using large datasets to investigate the trends in the incidence and mortality of diabetes across different countries.

Dr Joanna Gong is a PhD candidate at the Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute and part-time clinical fellow at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. She is researching the epidemiology of the cardiovascular complications of diabetes, supported by NHMRC and Heart Foundation scholarships.

Dr Habib Francis is an early career researcher at the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre at the University of Sydney. He is currently working on proteomic data from the FIELD study in search for protein signatures associated with the development and progression of diabetes-related micro- and macrovascular complications.

Associate Professor Milan Piya is a clinical academic endocrinologist at the School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, and Campbelltown & Camden Hospitals. He is research lead for the multidisciplinary publicly funded South Western Sydney Metabolic Rehabilitation and Bariatric Program (SWS MRBP) based in Camden Hospital, NSW. His research focus is on obesity and Type 2 diabetes, particularly in the context of severe complex obesity and associated metabolic and mental health conditions. He is on the council of the Australia New Zealand Obesity Society (ANZOS) and chairs the Campbelltown and Camden Hospital Research Committee.