Facilitated ADS Clinical Poster: Understanding and enhancing psychosocial wellbeing in people living with diabetes
Tracks
Breakout 6: Room 7
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 |
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Exhibition Hall |
Speaker
Dr Pieter Jansen
Staff specialist
Princess Alexandra Hospital
The clinical characteristics and healthcare relations of people with diabetes experiencing housing instability and homelessness who present to the emergency department
1:30 PM - 1:36 PMBiography
Dr Pieter Jansen is an endocrinologist at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane and senior lecturer at UQ He has a strong interest in community-based care models and health equity. He is the lead for the Diabetes Street Hub, a community-based diabetes service for people experiencing housing instability including homelessness.
Dr Huy Do
Registrar
Western Health
Ethnic disparities in diabetes-related complications amongst an adult inpatient diabetes cohort at Western Health.
1:36 PM - 1:42 PMBiography
Dr Huy Do is the current Western Health Endocrinology Research Fellow commencing his first year of advanced training. He has a particular interest in diabetes, with previous research into the prevalence of diabetes foot disease in the west and amputation rates.
Dr Isha Singh
Research Medical Officer
Nepean Hospital
Exploring the impact of psychology on diabetes distress in young adults with type 1 diabetes
1:42 PM - 1:48 PMBiography
Isha Singh is a resident medical officer in Sydney, New South Wales. She is passionate about being involved in the care of people living with diabetes and advocating for greater sources and service availability in Western and rural New South Wales.
Miss Janine Paul
PhD Candidate
University of Canberra
Development and validation of a questionnaire to assess quality-of-life in Australian adults living with type 1 diabetes: A pilot psychometric study
1:48 PM - 1:54 PMBiography
Janine Paul, a PhD candidate at the University of Canberra. Janine has qualifications in exercise science, nutrition and dietetics, diabetes education, and project management. Her PhD focuses on type 1 diabetes, quality of life, and low carbohydrate diets. Today, she is excited to share her research findings with you.
Miss Prudence Morrissey
Phd Candidate
University of Newcastle / School of Health Sciences, Nutrition & Dietetics
Dietary interventions for mental health outcomes in individuals with diabetes mellitus (DM): A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs)
1:54 PM - 2:00 PMBiography
Prudence is an APD with three years clinical experience working at the Greater Newcastle Sector Diabetes Service. Her passion for diabetes care has led her to pursue a PhD at the University of Newcastle which aims to explore the impacts of diet on mental health in individuals living with diabetes.
Mrs Georgia Lonergan
Credentialed Diabetes Educator
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital / Diabetes Centre
Understanding diabetes-related distress in people living with Type 1 diabetes: Experience of an Australian Quartenary Hospital Diabetes Centre
2:00 PM - 2:06 PMBiography
Georgia Lonergan is a credentialed diabetes educator, clinical nurse specialist, and dietitian with over 15 years of research experience. She possesses extensive knowledge of type 1 diabetes and is dedicated to advancing care through education, clinical practice, and evidence-based research.
Dr Krisha Solanki
BPT2
Alfred Health
Association between hyperglycaemia and diabetes distress among adults attending a tertiary multidisciplinary type 1 diabetes clinic
2:06 PM - 2:12 PMBiography
Krisha is a BPT2 from Alfred Health with a longstanding interest in Endocrinology. She is known among her peers as the one who gets disproportionately excited about BGLs and insulin!
Ms Despina Kolivas
PhD Student
La Trobe University
A 12-month mHealth low-carbohydrate dietary intervention improved clinical and psychosocial outcomes in people with type 2 diabetes
2:12 PM - 2:18 PMBiography
Ms Despina Kolivas is a PhD candidate exploring how a low carbohydrate dietary intervention delivered through a smartphone app might help people with type 2 diabetes. The aim is to help people to manage their type 2 diabetes and offer general practitioners another tool in its prevention and treatment.
Chairperson
Jane Speight
Foundation Director
Diabetes Victoria
Mahesh Umapathysivam
