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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 |
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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
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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. |
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