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The year 2013 saw the progress in our research from purely lab-based studies towards taking a step closer to translational research.
Collecting DNA samples from Australian families affected by diabetes.
The Serum & Plasma bank was established to provide a store of samples from subjects with diabetes as well as their families.
This register was established at Princess Margaret Hospital in 1987 which stores data on all consenting patients attending the hospital’s diabetes clinic.
The Obesity Database records the characteristics and medical complications of children with obesity who present to treatment at Princess Margaret Hospital
This resource will allow researchers to carry out studies which will look at the genetic causes of excessive weight gain and identify biomarkers
The national Hybrid Closed-Loop Outpatient Trial will test the use of an automated insulin delivery system to see if it is better at optimising blood glucose levels than standard therapy.
This study will tell us if the use of a hybrid closed loop system can improve awareness of hypoglycaemia.
Our research focuses on what are the best ways for patients with Type 1 Diabetes to exercise safely. We aim to develop clinical guidelines that provide improved advice for patients and educate patients on how to prevent hypos during and after exercise.
Fatalities in children and adolescents (1-17 yr) with T1DM were identified from the Western Australia Children's Diabetes Database between 1987-2011.