Australasian Diabetes Conference

This year's Australasian Diabetes Congress Conference was held in Perth, Western Australia and the Centre was well represented with researchers, healthcare professionals and support staff attending. 

Here's a list of posters and oral presentations by the team at Rio Tinto Children's Diabetes Centre, a JDRF Global Centre of Excellence.

ADS/NADC Symposium 

The Australian Diabetes Clinical Quality Registry: benchmarking best practice diabetes care Konrad Kangru Primary Care benefits of ADQCR participation | Prof Sophia Zoungas

ADS Clinical Orals: Diabetes & Medical Device Technology

Hybrid closed Loop Therapy is associated with reduced Hospital admissions for Acute Diabetes complications and lower Hospital costs in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes | Dr Craig Taplin 

Glycaemic outcomes in Children with Type 1 Diabetes on Advanced Hybrid Closed Loop Therapy: the impact of clinical and socioeconomic characteristics | Dr Frances Gehrmann 

ADS Clinical Science Poster viewing

Management of Blood Glucose Concentration in Adults with Type one Diabetes Mellitus while at the Beach | Ms Kristina Abramoff. 

Transition from Paediatric to Adult Healthcare services for Emerging Adults and their Caregivers living in Western Australia: A qualitative study | Dr Keely Bebbington 

Co-designing a New Clinical pathway to support Western Australian (WA) Families with Children Identified as having Early-stage Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) | Dr Sarah Black 

A community-led, trauma-informed, psychosocial intervention for paediatric patients with type 1 Diabetes: towards the development of a protocol for the Wellbeing-T1D study | Miss Sara Coombs 

Mental Health and Medical Trauma of Young people living with Type 1 Diabetes; A parent's perspective | Miss Sara Coombs 

The Broad Health, Social, and Economic burden of Type 1 Diabetes: A value taxonomy |Faith Ross

Community Involvement in Paediatric Type 1 Diabetes Research: Shifting the paradigm | Mrs Leanne Cromb 

Severe Hypomagnesaemia and Hypocalcaemia in a Patient with type 2 Diabetes treated with Semaglutide | Prof Tim Jones

Unveiling the Digital Divide, Tech-driven improvements in Adolescent T1D Glycemic control but Rural patients lagging behind | Dr Michael Hancock 

Associations between Inflammation, Oxidative stress, Vascular disease related miRs, Glucose variability and Insulin delivery modality in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes | Dr Michael Huang 

The Promoting Resilience in Stress Management for Parents (PRISM-P) intervention: A pilot randomised controlled trial in parents of young children with Type 1 Diabetes | Ms Jesse Ingram 

Understanding the Impact of Parental Anxiety in the context of caring for a Young child with Type 1 Diabetes: A qualitative study | Ms Olivia Kingsley 

ADEA Masterclass

Evolving role of nutrition support – considerations for new therapies and technologies | Dr Amelia Harray

ADEA/ADS Joint Symposium

Screening for pre-symptomatic type 1 diabetes in Australia | Dr Aveni Haynes 

ADS Clinical Orals

Cardiovascular risk management in adults with diabetes: Findings from the Australian National Diabetes Audit | Dr Ella Zomer 

ADEA Masterclass

Staying Active for People Living with Type 1 Diabetes: Practical application of Exercise Physiology, Evidence-based management guidelines and applying technology to support exercise and T1D | Dr Craig Taplin 

Clinical Conversations: Case scenarios and automation with Dr Laurel Messer | Dr Craig Taplin

ADS Clinical and Basic Science Poster viewing

A Tale of Two Funding Models: Australian access to Diabetes Technology | Dr Kate Lomax 

Listening to Young People with Type 1 Diabetes, Parents, Clinicians, and Researchers: Co-Designing a Digital Diabetes Platform (DiabHQ) | Mrs Jane Makin 

Application of a Trauma-sensitive Lens to the Mental health experience of young people living with Type 1 Diabetes: a qualitative study | Mx Rigel Paciente 

A Qualitative Investigation of Young People’s Trauma and Trauma-sensitive care for Type 1 Diabetes through the lens of a Paediatric multidisciplinary team | Mx Rigel Paciente 

Evaluating Educational Exercise Resources to Improve Awareness and Knowledge of Type 1 Diabetes within Community Sport Settings | Ms Heather Roby 

The Impact of Socioeconomic Disadvantage on Medication use in Australians with Type 1 Diabetes | Dr Ella Zomer 

Psychosocial complexity and limited preparation for Transition to Adult services for Young people living with Type 1 Diabetes results in care fragmentation: a multi-method study | Prof Yvonne Zurynski 

Which Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) guidelines, technologies and insulin regimens are used to manage T1D in Australian children? A survey of clinicians | Prof Yvonne Zurynski 

Only 50% of Parents confident in managing their Child’s type 1 Diabetes: Need for greater involvement of families with clinical teams, education, tools and supports| Prof Yvonne Zurynski 

Understanding the Type 1 Diabetes models of care for Children and Young Adults in Australia: A mixed methods study of providers’ perspectives | Prof Yvonne Zurynski 

ADS Clinical Symposium

A Call to Action – Determining the True Value of Health | Prof Elizabeth Davis | Prof David Bloom | Dr Ella Zomer | Dr Kate Lomax

ADEA/ADS Joint Symposium

Delaying progression of T1D at every age and every stage: Positive islet autoantibodies – Now what? | Ms Alison Roberts

ADS Clinical Plenary Lecture & ADS Clinical Orals

Epidemiology | Prof Madalenna Ferranna 

The Global Economic Burden of Type 1 Diabetes: Current estimates and projections to 2040 | Prof Jeffrey Cannon

ADS Clinical Orals

Type 1 Diabetes: Optimal R&D Spending on Treatments and Therapies for Type 1 Diabetes|  Prof Dan Tortorice