Stream 4 Session #10: Diabetes work participation, cost effectiveness and other
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Meeting Room 103
| Friday, August 21, 2026 |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Meeting Room 103 (Level 1) |
Speaker
Prof Sarah Glastras
Endocrinologist
Northern Sydney Endocrine Centre
Chairperson
Biography
Beryl Lin
PhD Candidate
Baker Institute
Chairperson
Biography
Dr Beryl Lin is a final year Endocrinology Advanced Trainee and PhD candidate at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, supported by NHMRC, Heart Foundation and Diabetes Australia scholarships. She has an MSc in Global Health and Epidemiology from Oxford University. She is a representative on ESA and RACP committees, as well as a member of the IDF Diabetes Atlas Hyperglycaemia in Pregnancy scientific group.
Dr Sherly Parackal
Senior Research Fellow
University of Otago
“Everything in moderation”: How South Asians with diabetes perceive and manage cardiovascular risk.
2:00 PM - 2:15 PMBiography
Dr Parackal is a Public Health Nutritionist specialising in the epidemiology and prevention of diet-related noncommunicable diseases. She has extensive experience designing, implementing, and evaluating diabetes and cardiovascular disease prevention programmes across diverse community and healthcare settings, with a strong focus on culturally appropriate, evidence-informed, codesigned interventions.
Dr Weiwei Gui
Attending Physician
Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital / Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Cardiovascular–Kidney–Metabolic Syndrome in young and middle-aged adults: Global burden, inequalities, and future trends from GBD 2021
2:15 PM - 2:30 PMBiography
Dr. Weiwei Gui is a clinician–scientist specializing in endocrinology and metabolic diseases. Her research focuses on metabolic dysfunction–associated liver disease and the molecular mechanisms linking autophagy, lysosomal pathways, and obesity-related disorders.
Dr Dunya Tomic
Research Fellow
Monash University
Work participation among Australians with diagnosed type 2 diabetes: evidence from a nationally representative cohort study
2:30 PM - 2:45 PMBiography
Dr Dunya Tomic is an epidemiologist at Monash University whose research focuses on diabetes and work participation. She is a member of the IDF Diabetes Atlas Committee and leads population-based studies examining how diabetes affects employment and socioeconomic outcomes in Australia and internationally.
Mr Michael Stoneham
Health Economist
Diabetes Australia
Long-term employment and earnings impacts following diabetes diagnosis: evidence from Australian longitudinal data
2:45 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
Michael Stoneham is a Health Economist at Diabetes Australia, where he leads a comprehensive economic research study of the societal and economic impacts of diabetes in Australia. Michael has over eight years of experience working in the health economics field and specialises in quantitative analysis and evaluation design.
Dr Sarah Brennan
Endcorinology Advanced Trainee
Royal North Shore Hospital