The presenting author is a medical student passionate about improving diabetes and trauma care, with a focus on optimising surgical patient outcomes. Through this work, they seek to contribute to evidence-based strategies that integrate metabolic control into trauma care protocols, ultimately improving patient survival and long-term prognosis.

Dr Hannah Cunningham is a Research Fellow at the Diabetes Technology Research Group, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and the University of Melbourne. She is completing a Master of Medicine, with research focused on integrating continuous glucose monitoring and insulin delivery into a single device to advance closed-loop technologies and improve care for persons living with type 1 diabetes.

Dr Megan Dharma is an Endocrinologist and General Medicine Physician currently completing her PhD candidature at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, on utilising digital technology to detect, assess and manage variation in inpatient diabetes care with an emphasis on classification, therapeutics and health economic outcomes.

Omair Kashif, Dorian Le, and Matthew Lou are final-year medical students at Bond University. As co-authors of this study under Dr Jessica Triay, consultant endocrinologist at Gold Coast University Hospital, they have a strong interest in research and clinical medicine, and look forward to interning in Queensland in 2026.

Dr. Namson Lau has over a decade of clinical and research expertise in diabetes & hospital care, diabetes related foot diseases and cardio-metabolic management. Working at South West Sydney's Liverpool Hospital and Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, he is a leader in these fields of care.

Mahtab is a PhD student at La Trobe University and Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute. Her research is focused on complications of diabetes, especially non-traditional ones, including dementia. She uses epidemiology to uncover the role of risk factors in the development and progression of these complications.

Danyang Wang is second-year PhD student supervised Prof. Dianna Magliano and Jonathan Shaw. Her research focuses on novel aspects of diabetes: incidence patterns, risk factors and complications.

Dr Cong Xie is an early career research fellow at the University of Adelaide. His research focuses on understanding the important role of the gut in glucose metabolism in both health and type 2 diabetes and the translation of these novel insights into improved therapy for type 2 diabetes.

Dr Cong Xie is an early career research fellow at the University of Adelaide. His research focuses on understanding the important role of the gut in glucose metabolism in both health and type 2 diabetes and the translation of these novel insights into improved therapy for type 2 diabetes.