December 2015
   
 

Visit our new website at childrensdiabetesresearch.org.au
 
 
 

Children's Diabetes Research Centre aims to improve the lives of young people with diabetes 

Research into childhood diabetes in Perth has been given a major boost with the launch of the WA Children’s Diabetes Research and Education Centre for Research Excellence (CRE) on the eve of World Diabetes Day. 

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$5m boost for
Diabetes Research in 

The research team at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, lead by Professor Tim Jones and Associate Professor Liz Davis, were recently awarded $5.2million in research grants.  

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Teenager with Type 1 Diabetes on a mission to become a pro.

David, a young man in our T1DM clinic, has just returned from a trip to the USA where he trialled for a pro-cycling team

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Transition Meeting

Representatives from Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and several adult-centred hospitals met to discuss what might be done to ease the transition from adolescent clinics to adult clinics.

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7 ways                   to 7%

We have recently set up an HbA1c working party, tasked with the mission of lowering the overall HbA1c across all patients and clinics run by PMH

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Diabetes Australia app

Diabetes Australia have released an app to make living with or caring for someone with diabetes a little easier. 

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Co$t of research

The Australian government has invested almost $260 million dollars in the last 10 years, into researching diabetes.  

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Low carb diet

Our nutritionists talk about what is a low-carb diet, why do people use them, and what are the implications for children and adolescents?

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AdDIT's wrapping up

AdDIT is a trial looking at preventing complications of type 1 diabetes and has been running at PMH since 2008.                     

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From all the Team at PMH and Telethon Kids Insitute:

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 
 
 
 

Join our Consumer Participation Group!

The Diabetes Consumer Participation Group provides an open forum through which to provide feedback to improve clinical services at PMH, a community perspective on current and future research activities and to inform the community of research findings and outcomes in partnership with researchers.

To express an interest, or find out more please email Heather at Heather.Roby@health.wa.gov.au

 

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If you have a story, question, or event that you would like featured in the next edition of the newsletter, please get in touch!

To submit an article or question, please email us at LeaderNewsletter@health.wa.gov.au
 

 
 
 
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