The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific Symposium
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Plenary Room 1
| Wednesday, August 19, 2026 |
| 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
| Plenary 1 (Ground Floor) |
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Bringing together multidisciplinary researchers and clinicians from across the Western Pacific region, this session aims to foster collaboration, shared learning, and collective innovation in knowledge and practice to enhance healthcare delivery and improve patient outcomes. Critical regional challenges, such as the disease burden and region-specific factors impacting prevention, early diagnosis, and management of diabetes and its complications, will be highlighted.
Speaker
Dr Lu Zhou
Diabetes and Pollution/Climate Change
9:00 AM - 9:30 AMBiography
Dr Jashelle Caga-Meller
Lancet Reg Health West Pac Deputy Editor
The Lancet Group, Sydney, Australia
Chairperson
Biography
Prof Christopher Nolan
Endocrinologist
Canberra Health Services
Chairperson
Biography
Prof Alicia Jenkins
Diabetes and Vascular Medicine Lab Head
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
Type 1 Diabetes Across the Asia Pacific Region
8:30 AM - 9:00 AMBiography
Lancet Speaker Two TBC
Diabetes and Pollution/Climate Change
9:00 AM - 9:30 AMBiography
Assoc Prof Peter Lazzarini
Research Fellow
Queensland University Of Technology
Diabetes and Foot – in the Asia Pacific Region
10:00 AM - 10:30 AMBiography
Prof Margaret McGill
Associate Director
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Same, Same but Different – Diabetes Education in the Western Pacific Region
9:30 AM - 10:00 AMBiography
