Paula Johnston, a Diabetes Specialist Nurse, and graduate of the University of Leicester’s Diabetes MSc by Distance Learning course, has been presented with the prestigious British Journal of Nursing’s Diabetes Nurse of the Year Award. 

Dr Michelle Hadjiconstantinou, Behavioural Scientist and Chartered Psychologist, explains:

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.

World Health Day is celebrated annually on 7 April, led by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to shine a spotlight on a specific health topic of concern to people all over the world. The focus this year (2024) is on ‘my health, my right’.

Janet Jarvis, known as JJ by her colleagues, is a Senior Nurse Associate and Associate Professor (Hons) here at the Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC).

The Leicester Diabetes Centre in conjunction with Leicester Real World Evidence Unit is pleased to offer an introductory online course on health-related statistics. 

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. 

An educational physical activity programme aiming to tackle rising rates of type 2 diabetes in the South Asian community has proven to have a lasting impact on the health of people taking part