Free Communication Clinical Orals #8: Models of Care & Trisition
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Breakout 4: Room 5
Thursday, August 21, 2025 |
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
Room 5 |
Speaker
Dr Mervyn Kyi
Endocrinologist
Royal Melbourne Hospital
Proactive specialist diabetes care for people with type 1 diabetes admitted to hospital improves treatment satisfaction: STOIC-T1D randomised controlled trial
4:00 PM - 4:15 PMBiography
Dr Mervyn Kyi is an endocrinologist, physician in general medicine, and a clinician researcher at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. His research interest focuses on models of care in diabetes and endocrinology conditions hospital.
Dr Kate Hawke
Staff Specialist - Endocrinology
Logan Endocrine and Diabetes Services
Automated insulin delivery driven by open-source algorithms improves time-in-range in Type 1 diabetes with suboptimal baseline glycaemic control
4:15 PM - 4:30 PMBiography
Dr Kate Hawke is an endocrinologist at Logan Endocrine and Diabetes Service in Queensland. In 2024 she completed a clinical and research fellowship in Vancouver, Canada, focusing on diabetes technologies and automated insulin delivery.
Dr Lisa Raven
Endocrinologist, Phd Candidate
St Vincent's Hospital
Diabetes regional education, assessment and management initiative – metabolic improvements over 6-months of a rural diabetes case conferencing service
4:30 PM - 4:45 PMBiography
Dr Lisa Raven is an Endocrinologist at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, St Vincent’s Private Hospital and St Vincent’s Clinic. Lisa is undertaking her PhD at the University of New South Wales and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, focusing on SGLT2 inhibition in heart transplant recipients.
Prof Alexis Hure
Diabetes Alliance Program Plus Research Lead
University of Newcastle
Diabetes Alliance Program Plus reduces hospitalisations in people with type 2 diabetes: an emulated cluster trial using linked general practice and hospital data
4:45 PM - 5:00 PMBiography
Professor Alexis Hure is a leading Public Health researcher at the University of Newcastle. She is dedicated to finding scalable, translatable solutions for better prevention, detection, and treatment of chronic conditions, like diabetes, for those who need it most. She is passionate about consumer engagement, clinical trials, and data linkage.
Dr Jeremy Knott
Endocrinology Advanced Trainee
Blacktown & Mount Druitt Hospitals
Assessing the impact of pre-clinical preparation in a dedicated integrated model of diabetes care
5:00 PM - 5:15 PMBiography
Dr Jeremy Knott (BMed/MD) is a third-year endocrinology advanced trainee at Blacktown & Mount Druitt hospitals. He completed his training at St George, Sutherland, and Wollongong hospitals where he was a Conjoint Associate Lecturer at the University of NSW. Jeremy's research interests include metabolic and women's health.
Dr Jessie McClelland
Endocrine Trainee
Diabetes Alliance Program Plus
Does intensive case conferencing in general practice with specialist involvement improve patient activation measures, reflecting improved health literacy and self-care behaviours
5:15 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
Dr Jessie McClelland is a final year Endocrine Advanced Trainee, working with the Diabetes Alliance Program Plus in Newcastle NSW.
Dr Steven James
Senior Lecturer - Nursing
University of the Sunshine Coast
Higher HbA1c following younger age of transfer from paediatric to adult type 1 diabetes services: Data from the Australasian Diabetes Data Network (ADDN) registry
5:30 PM - 5:45 PMBiography
Dr Steven James has around two decades experience as a clinician in cardiology, emergency medicine, paediatrics and, primarily, diabetes. This has been in world-wide healthcare systems, and at non-governmental organisations. More recently, he has been a Senior Lecturer of Nursing at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia.
Mrs Maria Davey
Clinical Psychologist, MAPS
Curtin University
Feasibility and acceptability of an online acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention for parents of adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D): A pilot study
5:45 PM - 6:00 PMBiography
Maria has been working as a Clinical Psychologist for over 15 years. She is currently enrolled in a PhD at Curtin University in Western Australia. Maria has a special interest in Health Psychology and adopts a wide range of evidence-based approaches, with a main focus being Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
Dr Anna Wood
Endocrinologist
Royal Darwin Hospital
Chairperson
Biography
Prof N Wah Cheung
Head of Department
Westmead Hospital
Chairperson
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