Diabetes and Obesity

Clinical Academic Group

About the Group

Members of the Diabetes and Obesity Clinical Academic Group (DO-CAG) are globally recognised leaders for delivering health outcomes for people with diabetes and obesity, across the life-course, through enabling high quality multidisciplinary research.

Obesity/overweight affects more than 80 per cent of those with type 2 diabetes and approximately 50 per cent of adults with type 1 diabetes.

Objectives

Foster and accelerate the targeted translation of groundbreaking research into practice, to better the outcome of patients and communities affected by diabetes and obesity and across the lifespan.

Projects

  • “Addressing equity of health care for people with chronic metabolic disease” - Developing a model to improve equity in state based, national health care systems

Activities

The DO-CAG includes internationally recognised academics and clinicians with multidisciplinary expertise in diabetes and obesity across all ages. Working groups and activities cover:

  • Consumer priorities
  • Mentorship
  • Evidence reviews of research gaps
  • Equity differences in outcomes
  • Professional liaison
  • Specific research studies

Leadership Team

  • Prof. Stephen Twigg

    Co-Chair

  • Prof. Louise Baur

    Co-Chair

  • Clin. A/Prof. Ngai Wah Cheung

  • Prof. Stephen Colagiuri

  • Prof. Maria Craig

  • A/Prof. Sarah Garnett

  • A/Prof. Sarah Glastras

  • A/Prof. Samantha Hocking

  • A/Prof. Nathan Johnson

  • Clin. Prof. Glen Maberly

  • Adj. A/Prof. Margaret McGill

  • Dr Arianne Sweeting

  • Dr Kathryn Williams

  • Clin. Prof. Jencia Wong

Disciplines represented in the leadership team

Endocrinology, Paediatrics, Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine, Nursing, Allied Health, Public Health, Nutrition, Dietetics, Digital Healthcare, Exercise Physiology

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