Facilitated Poster Session #6: Stream 4 - Epidemiology, public health and policy
Tracks
Meeting Room 111 & 112
| Friday, August 21, 2026 |
| 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM |
| Meeting Room 111 & 112 (Level 1) |
Speaker
Dr Yee Wen Kong
Endocrinologist
Diabetes Technology Research Group
Chairperson
Biography
Dr Audrey Kong is an Endocrinologist and PhD candidate at The University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on improving health outcomes and quality of life for people living with chronic diseases, particularly diabetes. She has a strong interest in the use of diabetes technologies to enhance care, support self-management, and improve clinical outcomes. Through her clinical and research work, she aims to advance evidence-based approaches that make diabetes care more effective, accessible, and patient-centered.
Dr Jedidiah Morton
Research Fellow
Monash University
Chairperson
Biography
Jed works at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine as a research fellow. His research interests include epidemiology, epidemiological modelling, and health economic analysis of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and kidney disease.
Jed is also a lead analyst for a range of epidemiologic (e.g., he is the lead analyst for the GLOBODIAB study) and health economic projects (e.g., he is a consultant health economist for the lipoprotein (a) international taskforce).
Dr Jung A Kim
Clinical Associate Professor
Korea University Anam Hospital
Liver-related complications and mortality in type 1 and type 2 diabetes with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease- a nationwide population-based study in Korea
1:00 PM - 1:06 PMBiography
Jung A Kim is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Endocrinology at Korea University Anam Hospital. Her research primarily focuses on diabetes, metabolic disorders, and the clinical application of Continuous Glucose Monitoring.
Miss Mariam Hachem
Clinical Trial Manager, Phd Student
University of Melbourne
The use of CGM in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: the FlashGM Study
1:06 PM - 1:12 PMBiography
Mariam Hachem is the Clinical Trial Manager for the Flash Study. Tracey Hearn is Lead of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Group and Research Assistant on the Flash Study.
Dr Yanxiang Luo
Student
Beijing Hospital
Trajectories of inflammatory score and the risk of incident diabetes: a national cohort study
1:12 PM - 1:18 PMBiography
Yanxiang Luo is a Ph.D. candidate at the Fifth School of Clinical Medicine, Peking University, focusing on diabetic cardiac autonomic neuropathy and diabetes management.
Dr Shahmir H Ali
Assistant Professor
National University of Singapore
Impact of type 2 diabetes diagnosis on subjective life expectancy and healthy lifestyle behaviours in older Thai adults: longitudinal findings from the HART cohort
1:18 PM - 1:24 PMBiography
Dr. Ali is an Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore whose work focuses on social and behavioral drivers of chronic disease, particularly in Asian and immigrant populations. He uses mixed methods and longitudinal analyses to study diabetes, cardiovascular health, and family and community influences on health behaviour.
Dr Delgermaa Erdenebat
Doctor
NCD Center / Gyals Medical Center
Mongolian diabetes registry from MONDIA study: A population-based study with policy implications for diabetes surveillance in Mongolia
1:24 PM - 1:30 PMBiography
Dr. Delgermaa Erdenebat is an Endocrinology Fellow at Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences. Her research focuses on diabetes epidemiology, registry implementation, and cardiovascular complications. She contributed to the MONDIA study establishing Mongolia's national diabetes registry and presented at the 14th Seoul International Congress of Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Ms Mahtab Tabesh
PhD Student
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
Psychosocial metrics are associated with the risk of hospitalisation for cardiovascular disease in people with type 2 diabetes, an analysis based on PREDICT study
1:30 PM - 1:36 PMBiography
Mahtab Tabesh is a final-year PhD student at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute. She is interested in complications of type 2 diabetes seen from an epidemiological lens. She has worked on a wide range of complications, including cardiovascular, neurocognitive, and physical dysfunction.
Dr Lucas Yang Yuxu Yeo
Medical Officer
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology / National University Hospital
Re-evaluating the causal status of the TG/HDL ratio for cardiovascular disease in the general population
1:36 PM - 1:42 PMBiography
Dr Lucas Yeo is a Medical Officer at the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore. His research interests include the complex interplay between diabetes and its complications, in particular metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease and its outcomes.