Stream 4 Session #7: Free communications: Risk factors and diabetes
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Meeting Room 111 & 112
| Thursday, August 20, 2026 |
| 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
| Meeting Room 111 & 112 (Level 1) |
Speaker
Dr Xiao Tan
Associate Professor
Zhejiang University
Plasma proteomics predict cardiovascular and all-cause mortality among individuals with cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome stage 0–3
4:00 PM - 4:15 PMBiography
Xiao Tan's research focuses on the role of sleep and circadian rhythms in the prevention and treatment of cardiometabolic diseases, particularly type 2 diabetes and its complications. He is the corresponding author of more than 50 publications in journals such as Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, JACC, Diabetes Care, and Diabetes.
Miss Danyang Wang
Phd Student
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
Impact of anaemia on diabetes diagnosis based on fasting glucose and haemoglobin A1c: a multinational study
4:15 PM - 4:30 PMBiography
Danyang Wang is a third-year PhD student supervised by Prof. Dianna Magliano and Jonathan Shaw. Her research focuses on the bidirectional relationship between diabetes and anemia, including the impact of anemia on diabetes diagnosis and the impact of diabetes on anemia risk.
Dr Xihua Lin
Associate Researcher
Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital / Zhejiang University School of Medicine
A 16-Pollutant fingerprint predicts diabetes risk via endocrine disruption: NHANES 2015–2016
4:30 PM - 4:45 PMBiography
Dr. Lin Xihua is an Associate Researcher and Master's Supervisor in the Department of Endocrinology at Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine. She engages in research on diabetes, obesity and related metabolic diseases, and has achieved a series of research accomplishments.
Mrs Sucharitha Weerasuriya
HDR Student
Queensland University of Technology
Factors predicting foot disease-related hospitalisation in community dwelling people with and without diabetes
4:45 PM - 5:00 PMBiography
Sucharitha Weerasuriya is a public health researcher and PhD student at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia. A qualified dentist with MSc and MD degrees in Community Dentistry, she applies her clinical and public health expertise to analyse health data and predict foot related hospitalisation to strengthen diabetes foot services.
Dr Aafrin Shabbir
Senior Consultant
Tambaram Medical Center
Residual Maladaptation Score (RMS): A novel risk stratification index for early detection of diabetes and valvular heart disease in hypothyroid patients beyond conventional thyroid markers.
5:00 PM - 5:15 PMBiography
Dr. Aafrin Shabbir is a Senior Consultant Physician and Diabetologist with over 14 years of experience in Internal Medicine and metabolic care. She currently practices at Gleneagles Health City and Tambaram Medical Center, Chennai, with strong interests in diabetes management, research, leadership, and community health initiatives.
Dr Emily Cox
Lecturer In Clinical Exercise Physiology
University of Newcastle
Physical activity following diagnosis of diabetes in Australian women born 1946-1951: Data from a large population-based cohort study
5:15 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
Emily is an emerging research leader in the field of exercise for the prevention/management of diabetes. She has a decade of experience as an Accredited Exercise Physiologist, which stimulated her passion for bridging the gap between research and practice. Her research focusses on strategies to help people adhere to long-term.
Dr Natasha Nassar
Professor Of Paediatric And Perinatal Epidemiology
University of Sydney
Childhood antecedents of adult disease (the CANDID study): Tertiary adolescent healthcare management of childhood-onset diabetes and risk of chronic complications in adulthood
5:30 PM - 5:45 PMBiography
To come
Dr Tina Cao
Lecturer
La Trobe University
Sustained physical activity and diabetes risk: A target trial emulation using the Australian diabetes, obesity and lifestyle study
5:45 PM - 6:00 PMBiography
Dr Yingting (Tina) Cao is a Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition at La Trobe University and a nutritional epidemiologist. Her research focuses on cardiometabolic disease prevention, dietary patterns, physical activity, and health equity in culturally diverse populations, using large population-based cohorts and innovative causal inference approaches.
