Paul is one of over 100 people in England participating in the MiFoot study. He shared his experience of taking part in research at the LDC

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).

New research shows that Type 2 diabetic patients benefit from continuous glucose monitoring technology (CGM) to improve their care but do not receive this due to lack of training.  

Physical activity professionals and diabetes specialists from the Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) and the University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust have established a new Diabetes UK (DUK) Professional Interest Network (PIN) group.

A healthy eating and physical activity programme created with, and for, people of African and Caribbean heritage living with type 2 diabetes in London is now seeking volunteers to test its effectiveness around the UK.

A recent publication in Diabetic Medicine features significant contributions from Professor Samuel Seidu and James Ridgeway.

The Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) welcomed Professor of Diabetes and Endocrinology Sharad Taheri this autumn.

An international award-winning professor, and Co-Director of LDC, has been selected to deliver a prestigious national lecture in recognition of his research on ethnic minority populations.

Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) colleagues working on the 'My Diabetes and Me' (MDAM) study have won a Special Recognition Award at University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust's Inclusion Awards 2024 for their work developing and researching the effectiveness of the DESMOND-ID programme. 

Three experts from Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) will be speaking at the 20th National Primary Care Diabetes Society (PCDS) conference in Birmingham on 6 and 7 November.

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

We interviewed Professor Louise Goff, who joined LDC as a Professor of Nutrition Science in April 2023, to find out more about her career journey.

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.

Dr Nurafiza Mohd Arif (Fiza), a Family Medicine Doctor at Klinik Kesihatan Bandar Baru Bangi in Malaysia, recently visited Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) from Malaysia to see how diabetes care, research and education is delivered in the UK.

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.  

The EDEN team, who develop and deliver award-winning education programmes, has launched the ‘Transforming Conversations’ initiative, which has been designed to reshape how healthcare professionals (HCPs) approach obesity within type 2 diabetes care.

Lifestyle modifications are important pieces of the puzzle when considering the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Researchers have been awarded a £1.4 million grant to continue their work to detect and prevent heart failure in those living with type 2 diabetes.

The new frontier of type 2 diabetes medicines has been made simple by a Leicester researcher, who has produced a graphic which plots 19 ongoing studies and their outcomes. The explanatory graphic has been included as part of a recently published review.