Founded in 2012, the Leicester Diabetes Centre is a unique, collaborative partnership between the NHS and the University of Leicester. We have strong links with our local population, and are led by two of the top ten world diabetes experts.
PROFESSOR MELANIE DAVIES CBE
Professor Davies is a clinician and one of the UK’s leading clinical researchers. Along with Professor Kamlesh Khunti, she leads the Diabetes Research Centre based at the Leicester Diabetes Centre, one of the largest clinical research groups in diabetes in the UK.
Professor Davies, who collected her CBE in 2016 for services to diabetes research, is a Professor of Diabetes Medicine at the University of Leicester and practising Consultant at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. She has published many academic articles and been recognised by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) as one of England's most successful researchers.
She is the National Lead for the DESMOND Programme and Director of the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). Professor Davies is one of the few senior investigators for the NIHR within the field of diabetes research.
PROFESSOR KAMLESH KHUNTI
Professor Khunti is also one of the UK’s leading clinical researchers. A Professor of Primary Care Diabetes and Vascular Medicine at the University of Leicester, he is the Director of NIHR ARC East Midlands. Professor Khunti is a NIHR Senior Investigator and Principal Investigator on several major national and international studies.
Professor Khunti, who collected his CBE in 2022 for services to diabetes research, has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. He is currently an advisor to the Department of Health, a Clinical Advisor for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), and a member of the Primary Care Study Group of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD). He has won numerous awards internationally
Also a practising GP, Professor Khunti regularly ranks in Pulse magazine’s annual list of the top 50 general practitioners who are regarded as the most influential within the profession, the NHS, and government policy
Their work is supported by a multi-disciplinary faculty of clinicians, researchers, digital experts and community liaisons.
