Projects

Investigating the incidence of childhood Type 2 Diabetes in the Western Australian community

To see if giving insulin by mouth (in a capsule) will delay or prevent T1DM in people at increased risk of developing diabetes.

If successful, this vaccine could prevent type 1 diabetes and the need for daily insulin injections in people at risk.

To conduct an analysis of children with TIDM’s cognitive profile at an age in which both cognition and cortical development are still maturing

Investigating changes in retinopathy, aortic intima media thickness & heart rate variability, indicators of macrovascular disease & autonomic neuropathy