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Prof. Paul Zimmet

International Diabetes Institute,
Caulfield, Australia


Current position

	Foundation Director of the International Diabetes Institute Honorary Professor at Monash, Deakin and Victoria Universities, Melbourne, Australia Honorary Professor at the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA Head of the WHO Collaborating Centre for the Epidemiology of Diabetes and Health Promotion for Noncommunicable Diseases

Scientific training

	Monash University Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Prof J Bornstein), Melbourne, Australia
	Department of Medicine, Guys Hospital (Prof H Keen), London, UK

Professional Associations

1985	Member of the WHO Expert Committee on Diabetes Member of the WHO Expert Panel on Chronic Diseases Member of the inaugural WHO Global Scientific Advisory Committee for the INTERHEALTH Program
1994	Co-chairman of the WHO Expert Committee on the Prevention of Diabetes
2001	Co-chairman of the IDF Expert Consultation on IGT
2003	Co-chairman of the IDF Expert Consultation on Type 2 Diabetes in Children
present	Co-chairman of the IDF Consensus Committees on the Metabolic Syndrome Co-chairman of the IDF Task Force on Epidemiology and Prevention of Diabetes Co-chairman of the Consensus Committee on Sleep Disturbances and Type 2 Diabetes Member, Australian Government Executive Committee for Type 2 diabetes Prevention
2008	Appointed to 1st Australian Government Prevention Task Force for Obesity, Alcohol and Tobacco

Awards

	Kelly West Medal from the ADA
	Eli Lilly Award of the IDF
	AM Cohen Award Lecture, EASD
1993	Order of Australia (AM)
1997	Inaugural Peter Bennett Diabetes Epidemiology Award
2001	Order of Australia (AO)
2002	ADA’s Harold Rifkin Award
2002	Honoris Causa Doctoris, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
2003	Kellion Award of the Australian Diabetes Society David Curnow Award from the Australian Association of Clinical Biochemists
2004	UNESCO/Hellmut Mehnert/ German Diabetes Union Award
2005	Banting Award Lecture, Diabetes UK
2006	Charles Best Oration, Toronto, Canada
2007	Global Novartis Award for Long standing contributions in the field of diabetes

Publications (selection)

Co-editor of the widely used text on diabetes - International Textbook of Diabetes Mellitus Co-editor of The Epidemiology of Diabetes Magliano DJ, Polkinghorne KR, Barr ELM, et al. HPLC-Detected albuminuria predicts mortality. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 18 (12): 3171-3176 DEC 2007 Cameron AJ, Zimmet PZ, Soderberg S, et al. The metabolic syndrome as a predictor of incident diabetes mellitus in Mauritius. Diabetic Medicine 24 (12): 1460-1469 DEC 2007 Barr ELM, Boyko EJ, Zimmet PZ, et al.Two-hour glucose predicts the development of hypertension over five years: the AusDiab study . Diabetologia 50: S127-S128 0290 Suppl. 1 SEP 2007 Barr ELM, Zimmet PZ, Welborn TA, et al. Risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in individuals with diabetes mellitus, impaired fasting glucose, and impaired glucose tolerance - The Australian diabetes, obesity, and lifestyle study (AusDiab).Circulation 116 (2): 151-157 JUL 10 2007 Peeters A, Magliano DJ, Nusselder WJ, Zimmet P et al. Lifetime risk of diabetes: the AusDiab study . Diabetologia 50: S153-S153 0354 Suppl. 1 SEP 2007 Kemp TM, Barr ELM, Zimmet PZ, et al. Glucose, lipid, and blood pressure control in Australian adults with type 2 diabetes - The 1999-2000 AusDiab

Research

His research in Australian, Pacific and Indian Ocean populations provided new insights into the genetic contribution of type 2 diabetes and the role of environmental and behavioural determinants. These studies also brought to attention the global epidemic of diabetes. He led the team that carried out the first ever national diabetes and obesity study in Australia (AusDiab) in 2000, and its 5 year follow-up in 2005. He has published over 650 scientific papers, chapters and reviews in peer-reviewed journals and books.