Dr Sarah Goh is the Chief Medical Registrar at the University of Queensland and Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital who has a great interest in the advancements in diabetes medicine. She is committed to not only expanding her knowledge and skills to improve care of her patients but is also committed to education of younger and future generations. Her interest in Endocrinology is reflected through her active participation in numerous Endocrinology courses, conferences and memberships in professional bodies such as the Australian Diabetes Society.

A/Prof Hng is the head of endocrinology at Blacktown hospital.

Dr. Rajini Jayaballa is an endocrinologist working as the clinical lead for the Western Sydney Diabetes team.

Dr Kim is a senior lecturer at the School of Medicine at Griffith University. He has degrees in statistics from University of Copenhagen and health economics from Monash University. His research is centred around health technology assessment and health economics of health services, medical devices and pharmaceuticals.

Dr. Shanal Kumar is an endocrinologist and leads the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Endocrine Service at The Prince Charles Hospital. Her PhD focused on endocrine and metabolic complications in CF adults. She aims to co-design innovative models of care that integrate database-driven research to improve end-user engagement, satisfaction and clinical outcomes.

Dr. Shanal Kumar is an endocrinologist at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. Her research interests include innovative models of care for complex diabetes that integrate co-design, virtual healthcare and implementation research that can be used to increase both consumer and healthcare provider end-user engagement, satisfaction and clinical outcomes.

Dr. Shanal Kumar is an endocrinologist and leads the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Endocrine Service at The Prince Charles Hospital. Her PhD focused on endocrine and metabolic complications in CF adults. She aims to co-design innovative models of care that integrate database-driven research to improve end-user engagement, satisfaction and clinical outcomes.

Rodney Kwok is currently a PhD student at the University of Melbourne with an interest in diabetes research. He has a background in epidemiology, biostatistics and data analytics with his research focusing on highlighting the limitations of current estimating equations used to estimate kidney function in people with diabetes. He is also spearheading the development of an innovative artificial intelligence tool designed specifically for people with diabetes to improve the estimation of kidney function.

Dr. Siehoon Lah completed his Basic Physician Training at RPA Hospital, Sydney in 2023 and is undertaking an honorary clinical and research year in 2024 with the RPA Diabetes Centre with a particular interest in prevention of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Nick is an early career cardiologist in the cardiometabolic clinic of Fiona Stanley Hospital, Western Australia. His interests are in preventive cardiology and cardiometabolic medicine. He has authored over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles and remains actively involved in cardiovascular and diabetes research.

Dr Lasschuit is a Staff Specialist in the Department of Endocrinology and Clinical Lead of High Risk Foot Services at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney. As a clinician researcher he is committed to improving outcomes for people with diabetes-related foot disease, and is involved in several national initiatives in this area.

Dr Lasschuit is a Staff Specialist in the Department of Endocrinology and Clinical Lead of High Risk Foot Services at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney. As a clinician researcher he is committed to improving outcomes for people with diabetes-related foot disease, and is involved in several national initiatives in this area.

Dr Minh Le is a Senior Medical Registrar at the Royal Melbourne Hospital with a keen interest in Diabetes and Endocrinology.

Dr Hui Linn Lee is a final year Advanced Trainee in Endocrinology at Flinders Medical Centre.

Andrew is an Advanced Trainee at Westmead Hospital who is currently is his second year of training. He has an interest in the management of diabetes and the use of diabetes technology.

Nele Lenders is an endocrinologist and clinician researcher at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney. She completed her PhD through the Garvan Institute of Medical Research.

Xiucheng (Bella) is a final-year medical student who is passionate about Diabetes research.

Jun Li is the head nurse of the Endocrinology Department of Peking University First Hospital. She serves as the leader of the Youth Group of the Diabetes Professional Committee of the Chinese Nursing Association and the secretary of the Endocrinology Professional Committee of the Beijing Nursing Association.

Dr Kate Lomax is an advanced trainee in paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at Perth Children's Hospital. She is an early career researcher aspiring to build a foundation in research with special areas of interest including newly diagnosed diabetes and equitable access to diabetes technology.

The research work presented in this abstract was undertaken by co-author Helen Heenan, as part of a Masters thesis. This was co-supervised by Associate Professor Helen Lunt.

Associate Professor Helen Lunt has a long-term interest in applied diabetes clinical research, addressing questions that are relevant to everyday clinical practice, using established research tools in novel settings. The current project uses a prioritisation tool to compare the perspectives of persons living with diabetes and their health professionals.

Dr Rosalyn Ly is a Endocrinology registrar currently in Albury Wodonga Health. Her interests are diabetes and metabolic medicine. Dr Annie Hung is an Endocrinologist and General Physician at Albury Wodonga Health and the local Director of Physician Education

Freya is Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research, and a Professor in Interprofessional Health Sciences at Western Sydney University. Her research focuses on development, implementation, evaluation and translation of community based diabetes prevention programmes.

Freya is Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research, and a Professor in Interprofessional Health Sciences at Western Sydney University. Her research focuses on development, implementation, evaluation and translation of community based diabetes prevention programmes.

Mr. Berhanu Elfu Feleke is a final-year Ph.D. student at Monash University, researching the trends and burden of both traditional and emerging complications of diabetes in Australia. He has authored over 30 publications as the primary author in reputable journals.

Helen Clapin is an experienced Project Manager and health researcher who has worked with the diabetes community, clinicians and researchers over many years to improve data collection, management and utilisation. She is currently leading the DiabHQ project which promises to transform diabetes care through digital innovation.

Sarah is a PhD candidate at Deakin University. She is interested in health psychology as applied to the lived experience and self-management of chronic conditions. Sarah's PhD research explores internalised stigma among women with type 2 diabetes and is supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship.

Edward is an Endocrinology advanced trainee based in Adelaide.

Dr. Yvette Mikaheal is currently an Endocrine Advanced Trainee at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, having completed training at John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle and Blacktown Hospital in Sydney. Under esteemed endocrinologists' mentorship, Yvette's commitment to lifelong learning and professional development remains unwavering.

Dr. Yvette Mikaheal is currently an Endocrine Advanced Trainee at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, having completed training at John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle and Blacktown Hospital in Sydney. Under esteemed endocrinologists' mentorship, Yvette's commitment to lifelong learning and professional development remains unwavering.

Dr Milder is an endocrinologist in the final year of her PhD, which has focussed on the quality use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors. She has performed novel work in this area. She is continuing her translational work with the the Medicines Intelligence Research Program team at UNSW.

Veronica Mills graduated from JCU with a bachelor's degree in nursing health science in 1993; and 2001 in Bach education. More recently, completed Post graduate health science Research masters’ degree at CQU in 2015 and Master Nurse Practitioner 2022 after specialising in Diabetes since 1996 and working as a credentialed Diabetes Educator for Queensland Health since 1999. Veronica currently works within private (Diabetes on track") and public services at Carins Diabetes Centre. Veronica’s specific interest are in technology with CSII therapy and rural access ongoing diabetes self-management . The extra special interest in children extend to coordination of local type 1 kids camps when have been running locally for over 30 years!

Dr Morrison is an exercise physiologist and research fellow working with the diabetes technology research group under professor David O'Neal at the University of Melbourne. Dr Morrison's research interests lie in technology, exercise and nutrition in type 1 diabetes.

Harshana Munasinghe, is a lecturer in Statistics attached to the University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka with nearly a decade of experience in lecturing. Harshana is currently reading her phD in Medical Statistics with a special interest in Diabetes. A strong believer in power of positive thinking and team work.

Dr ‎Nanayakkara is a clinical and academic endocrinologist at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute. Her ‎research interests include the prevention, diagnosis and management of diabetes ‎and cardiovascular disease.

Dr Kruthika Narayan is a Paediatric Endcrinologist at the Children's Hospital at Westmead. She is currently pursuing a PhD in type 1 diabetes screening and prevention with the University of Sydney.

Katie Nash is a level 2 clinical nurse educator at Perth Children's Hospital. Katie is currently working in a clinical and research capacity at PCH.

Meegan is an Advanced Podiatrist for Logan Endocrine and Diabetes Service and Clinical Coordinator for the Southern Foot Hub who is passionate about bridging the gap in health equity for patients experiencing diabetic foot disease in rural and remote areas as well as promoting care closer to home.

Vicky Ma is a clinical pharmacist within Alfred Health, Melbourne who has keen interests in patient-centred care and clinical research.

Dr. Christopher Nguyen is a general medicine registrar working at Western Health in a new pilot peri-operative medical registrar role with a focus on peri-operative glycaemic management and surgical risk optimisation.

Dr Nham is an endocrinology registrar from Alice Springs Hospital, having also previously worked in Sydney at Liverpool and Prince of Wales Hospitals in her earlier medical traiing. Through her experiences, she has developed an interest in cardiometabolic medicine, indigenous health and medical education.

Rajna initially trained as a clinical podiatrist, identifying gaps in care delivery, particularly in people with diabetes and foot complications. Currently working as a Senior Research Fellow at Bolton Clarke Research Institute, she is researching to support person-centred care incorporating co-design, to better facilitate translating evidence into practice.

Tsui Yue Ong (Bernice), an Endocrinology advanced trainee at Western Sydney Diabetes since February 2024, previously trained as a basic physician at Nepean Hospital and worked in various metropolitan and rural health districts. She is dedicated to preventative measures and raising awareness of metabolic syndrome.

Dr Kwok Leung Ong (BSc, PhD, GradDipHDS, FAHA) is a Senior Research Fellow, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney. His research interest is the identification of biomarkers for cardiovascular and microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes using clinical samples and data from large-scale cohorts, including the FIELD trial.

Tsui Yue Ong (Bernice), an Endocrinology advanced trainee at Western Sydney Diabetes since February 2024, previously trained as a basic physician at Nepean Hospital and worked in various metropolitan and rural health districts. She is dedicated to preventative measures and raising awareness of metabolic syndrome.

Rigel Paciente is a research assistant at the Telethon Kids Institute, working in Childhood Trauma, Youth Mental Health and the Children’s Diabetes Centre. They have a keen interest in medical trauma, mental health outcomes in chronic conditions, and suicide prevention.

Rigel Paciente is a research assistant at the Telethon Kids Institute, working in Childhood Trauma, Youth Mental Health and the Children’s Diabetes Centre. They have a keen interest in medical trauma, mental health outcomes in chronic conditions, and suicide prevention.

Yi-An (Andy) Pan is a medical registrar from the Gold Coast University Hospital. He is interest in Endocrinology and General Medicine and hopes to dual train in both areas.

Jinal Parmar is a PhD candidate at the School of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University. She has completed postgraduate study in Public Health from Western Sydney University and currently casual academic at WSU. Her area of research interest are healthcare management, health literacy, healthy ageing, and medication adherence with skills in report writing, data collection and analysing data. Her responsibilities in the health literacy and medication adherence systematic review duties encompass rigorous data analysis, meticulous interpretation of findings, the synthesis of research outcomes and manuscript writing.

Dr Evelyn Parr is a senior research fellow in the Exercise and Nutrition Program, at the Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, at ACU. Evelyn's research focuses on the timing of dietary and exercise interventions on skeletal muscle health, body composition and glycaemic control.

Shivani is a Visiting Medical Officer at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Conjoint Associate Lecturer at UNSW and PhD Candidate at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and UNSW. She has a keen interest in atypical forms of diabetes.

Dr Kirsten Peters is the Head of Clinical Studies at Proteomics International, responsible for the development of a range of diagnostic tests. Kirsten has concurrently worked at UWA since 2008, as part of the Fremantle Diabetes Study, experienced in biostatistics and clinical/genetic epidemiology, and has over 40 co-authored journal articles.

Dr Scott Bringans is Head of Research for Proteomics International involved in the oversight of biomarker discovery and development projects. Scott has extensive experience in Proteomics specialising in mass spectrometry, liquid chromatography, assay development and bioinformatic analysis and has co-authored over 40 journal articles and book chapters.

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.

Amanda Purcell is a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney investigating the use of incretin based therapies for individuals with type 1 diabetes and overweight/obesity.

Dr Puri is an Endocrinologist, Bariatrician, Clinical Trialist and the Clinical Director of Logan Endocrinology And Diabetes Services (LEADS) at Logan & Beaudesert Hospitals. Gaurav is also the immediate past Chair of Queensland Diabetes Clinical Network and current Clinical Lead GIRFT Diabetes Queensland.

Subanki completed her Basic Physician Training at Peninsula Health in 2020 and is currently working at the Northern Hospital as a diabetes registrar.

Chief Diabetologist, Founder of Dr.Shivaa's Diabetes Care and Ramkala Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai. Member of ADA,DSAG and RSSDI. Recognized as Top 10 Indian leaders in DIABETOLOGY, 2022 CEO Insights Magazine. Recent research work selected for presentation at ADA 2024 - Type 2 diabetes treatment algorithm study

Dr Lisa Raven is an Endocrinologist at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney. She is currently undertaking a PhD on the glycaemic, renal and cardiac effects of SGLT2 inhibition following heart transplantation. Dr Raven is a conjoint lecturer with the University of New South Wales and involved in the ADS education program.

Sumathy is the program manager for Western Sydney Diabetes, Integrated and Community Health WSLHD. She is doing her PhD with Sydney Health Literacy Lab, University of Sydney, to explore the effectiveness of virtual care in diabetes management with a focus on patients and health providers’ experience, benefits and behavioural changes.

Ms Roby is the Project Manager for the Nutrition, Exercise and Mental Health themes within the Children’s Diabetes Centre at the Telethon Kids Institute and supports the team to conduct meaningful research to improve the lives of people living with type 1 diabetes.

Dr Natassia Rodrigo is a Endocrinologist at Nepean and Royal North Shore Hospitals. She is a post doctoral researcher at the University of Sydney and the Kolling Institute of Medical Research.

Dr Katerina Sarapis is a Nutritionist with a major in Public Health Nutrition, a Lecturer and a Researcher at La Trobe University in the Department of Food, Nutrition and Dietetics. Katerina has many years of teaching experience and has been coordinating and teaching across Nutrition-research subjects online and on campus. Her research interests are exploring the efficacy and mechanisms related to the use of functional foods and novel plant compounds for cardiovascular, and microbiome related outcomes. In addition, her public health skills extend to the design and development of evidence based public health promotion programs and disease prevention strategies (CVD/Diabetes) that can be applied at multiple levels of influence across the social ecological framework. Katerina has supervised and is supervising graduate research students from diverse areas (Nutrition, Microbio, Anat, Physiology & Pharma).

Shi, one of the junior doctors with a passion for improving inpatient diabetes care, teamed up with Bankstown Diabetes Centre and the Faculty of Pre-vocational Training and Education. Together, they introduced IDAATS, an innovative teaching and consulting program that enhances the skills of junior doctors in diabetes care.

Victoria is the leading dietitian at Western Sydney Diabetes and is passionate about improving glycemic control through nutrition and lifestyle implementations.

Distinguished Professor Simmons, is Professor of Medicine at Western Sydney University, Head of the Campbelltown Hospital Diabetes Service, current President of the Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society and Chief Medical Officer for Diabetes Australia.

Dr Rochelle Sleaby is a General Practitioner with an interest in translating data and digital health intervention research to diabetes prevention and management. Rochelle is on the MACH-Track PhD Program, where she is investigating precision diabetes at the University of Melbourne and the Australian Centre for Accelerating Diabetes Innovations.

Dr Ruth Smit, a Basic Physician Trainee at Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth, has worked across metropolitan and regional Western Australia. Enthusiastic about improving patient outcomes, especially in chronic disease management. she aspires to deepen the understanding of complication management. though new to research arena, she aims enhance doctor-patient collaboration.

Yvonne Zurynski is a Professor of Health System Sustainability and has extensive experience and expertise in research and education across health sectors and disciplines having conducted research in settings ranging from primary care to intensive care.

Yvonne Zurynski is Professor of Health System Sustainability, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. She is a health services and systems researcher interested in new models of integrated care. She currently leads the Models of Care Stream in the Children's Diabetes Centre, a JDRF Global Centre of Excellence.

Nehal Singh is a research assistant at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation. She has an interest in child and family experiences of healthcare. She currently works in the models of care stream of the Children's Diabetes Centre, a JDRF Global Centre of Excellence.

Yvonne Zurynski, BAppSc, MAppSc, PhD, MHPol, is Professor of Health System Sustainability at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. Professor Zurynski’s research is focussed on the sustainability of healthcare systems and the development, implementation and evaluation of innovative models of care for people living with chronic and complex medical conditions.

Dr Snaith is a Staff Specialist Endocrinologist and leads the young adult diabetes transition service at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. In her PhD studies, she performed hyperinsulinaemic-euglycaemic clamps to quantify and phenotype muscle and liver insulin resistance in type 1 diabetes and determine the effect of metformin on insulin resistance in type 1 diabetes. Her main clinical interest is the intersection between type 1 diabetes, metabolic and cardiovascular health. She is involved in the conduct of adjunctive therapies clinical trials in type 1 diabetes through the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. RCTs include the INTIMET study (metformin), RESET1 (semaglutide), TIRTLE (tirzepatide). Jen’s post-doctoral work is a supported by JDRF Australia.

Uffe is a Research Fellow at the The Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes. He is involved in several projects focusing on reducing negative impacts from hypoglycaemia.

Lachlan is a clinical pharmacist at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney with an interest in diabetes management.

She graduated from Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine with a master's degree and has been engaged in diabetes related research. Participated in one project of National Natural Science Foundation of China and one Key Research and Development Program of Hainan Province.

Dr Sundra is a member of the Australian & New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists, Equine Medicine chapter. Recently, Tania has been actively involved in research and alongside her clinical work, is undertaking a PhD at Murdoch University on new treatment options for horses with laminitis and equine metabolic syndrome.

Sam is an andrology and men's health fellow completing a non-core year of endocrinology advanced training at Central Adelaide Local Health Network. He is also completing an MPH. His main interest areas include diabetes and men's health.

Dr Ken Thong is an Endocrinologist based at Rockingham General Hospital

As the Diabetes and Obesity Research Fellow at Austin Health, Nupoor is the Sub-Investigator for multinational incretin agonist, cardiovascular, and lipid trials and an outpatient diabetes registrar. She enjoys her teaching roles with Monash University and Austin Health.

Dr Brian Tran is a final year Endocrinology Trainee at Nepean Hospital. He has previously also trained at Westmead Hospital. He is a Clinical Associate Lecturer at the University of Sydney.

Lydia Treleaven is a medical resident working at St Vincent's Hospital, with an interested in Endocrinology. She is currently completing her basic physician training.

Dr Noa Shalev is a junior doctor currently working at the Gold Coast University Hospital with an interest in diabetes and endocrinology.

Jonathan is a PGY-2 and current Basic physician trainee with a strong interest in Endocrinology. He has a strong interest in the research and management of Diabetes. He is currently employed at Alfred Health.

Dr Ray Wang is a Melbourne-based endocrinologist currently undertaking PhD studies investigating the use of novel technologies in the hospital setting to improve inpatient diabetes care.

Dr Ray Wang is a Melbourne-based endocrinologist currently undertaking PhD studies investigating the use of novel technologies in the hospital setting to improve inpatient diabetes care.

Piyumini is a junior doctor at Monash Health and a researcher affiliated with the Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. She aspires to pursue Endocrinology and diabetes research in her future career with a particular focus on investigating the intricate psychosocial and long-term health implications of diabetes.

Jessica Weiss is the Clinical Service Manager at Diabetes WA.

Dr Si Thu Win Tin is the Team Leader for NCD prevention and control programme in the Pacific Community (SPC). Dr Si a Physician, with MPH and PhD from the University of Sydney. He worked as Research Fellow in the University of Sydney, Director of Public Health in Nauru Ministry of Health, and Physician in the World Vision and Aide Medical International. He has wide experience in public health particularly in diabetes prevention and control in the Asia-Pacific region.

Stephen Witts is a final year medical student at the University of Sydney who has worked on this project together with Dr. Kwai for the past two years. While a novice researcher, he has a strong interest in the pathophysiology of the metabolic syndrome, and hopes to continue this work.

Dr Katherine Wu Endocrinology Basic Physician Trainee

Dr Angie Shiqi Xiang is an Endocrinology Advanced Trainee at Alfred Health in Melbourne. She is a Research Affiliate of the Monash University School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine.

Cecilia Xu is a first year endocrinology registrar at the Austin and Northern Hospitals in Melbourne, Victoria. She comes from a strong research background and has a particular interest in diabetes and metabolic bone disease. She is dedicated applying evidence-based, person-centred care to improve the lives of patients.

Alex is currently undertaking his 2nd year in Endocrinology advanced training at Austin Health in Melbourne, after completing his 1st year at Royal Melbourne Hospital and Albury Wodonga Health. He has a keen interest in all things diabetes but particularly enjoys the clinical applications of diabetes technology.

Dr Wendy (BMedSci, BMBS, MRCP (UK)) graduated from The University of Nottingham (United Kingdom) in 2016 and moved to Perth in 2019. She is currently a General Medicine Advanced Trainee, aspiring to do dual training in Endocrinology and Diabetes, with an interest in cardiometabolic medicine.

Xi May is an endocrinology staff specialist and clinical lead of the Metabolic and Weight Loss Service, Blacktown Hospital. She is also an honorary VMO with the Department of Endocrinology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and conjoint senior lecturer with the School of Medicine, Western Sydney University.

Xi May is an endocrinology staff specialist and clinical lead of the Metabolic and Weight Loss Service, Blacktown Hospital. She is also an honorary VMO with the Department of Endocrinology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and conjoint senior lecturer with the School of Medicine, Western Sydney University.

Dr Ella Zomer is a leading Australian health economist. She is the Diabetes and Cardiovascular Program Lead in the Monash University Health Economics Group and Research Lead for the Australian Diabetes Clinical Quality Registry. Her research interest lies in clinical epidemiology and health economics.