We are incredibly proud to announce that the Co-Director of Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC), Professor Melanie Davies CBE, has been chosen to receive a 2025 National Scientific and Health Care Achievement Award from the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

The Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC), Loughborough University and UK logistics company, Wincanton’s health promotion programme ‘Structured Health Intervention for Truckers’ (SHIFT), has been shortlisted for an award.

A new online, free course on managing early onset type 2 diabetes has been developed for healthcare professionals working with people aged 18 – 39 years living with type 2 diabetes

Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) has been accredited as an International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Centre of Excellence for Diabetes Care for the eighth year running.

Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) is proud to host the prestigious European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Scientist Training Course from 27 to 30 October 2024.

Dimitris graduated in Medicine from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, in 2007 and went on to obtain his PhD on gut hormone changes after bariatric (weight loss) surgery from University of Thessaly in Larisa, Greece, in 2015.  

Six diabetes experts from Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) will be presenting at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) annual meeting in Madrid, Spain, from 9-13 September 2024.

Clinical Research Physician, Harriet Morgan has successfully completed the National Institute for Health and Care Research’s (NIHR) Associate Principal Investigator (PI) Scheme.

Four experts from the Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) will be presenting at the inaugural Obesity & Weight Management Alliance conference, taking place in Birmingham, UK, on Friday 17 May 2024. 

Two new studies have confirmed the benefits of weight loss medication, semaglutide, for patients living with obesity-related heart failure. 

The Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) is proud to announce that five of its esteemed professors will be participating in the upcoming Diabetes UK Conference, taking place in London UK from 17th to 19th April 2024.

Professor Melanie Davies, Co-Director of the Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC), opened this year's Diabetes Self Management Alliance (DSMA) conference.

This International Women’s Day we wanted to shine a spotlight on Harriet Morgan who works as a Clinical Research Physician in the Leicester Diabetes Centre and National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Patient Recruitment Centre (PRC): Leicester. 

Leading experts share with us how to manage these risks within this educational activity.

Five important health behaviours people with diabetes should be aware of to help them better manage their condition.

Five important health behaviours people with diabetes should be aware of to help them better manage their condition

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has been funded for £26 million over the next five years.

Health research enabled by partnership between the University of Leicester and both the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust has been recognised among the best in the UK.

Midlands Engine partners share groundbreaking Blueprint to tackle diabetes rates and health inequalities across the region and country.