The Centre aims to improve the lives of young people living with diabetes by encouraging new and innovative research, researchers and translation ideas and projects. Encouraging and supporting students to pursue a career in type 1 diabetes research is a key commitment of the Centre.
This is done by providing scholarship opportunities to recruit honours, masters and PhD students from national and international universities. In 2023 the Centre awarded two Honours scholarships to the value of $5000 and two PhD top-up scholarships to the value of $15,000.
The recipients of the Centre’s first round of Honours Scholarships in 2023 were awarded to two emerging students from across Australia and New Zealand. These scholarships, consisting of a $5000 award, are designed to develop and support their type 1 diabetes (T1D) related research as part of their Honours degree.
Peter Delaney, an Honours student at the University of Western Australia, for his Honours project 'Investigating vitamin D levels during pregnancy and the first year of life and the risk of developing islet autoantibodies in Australian children who are at risk of type 1 diabetes'. Peter graduateted with First Class Honours in November 2023.
Venus Cahusac de Caux, an Honours student at the University of Otago (New Zealand), for her Honours project 'The Co-Pilot trial – Closed Loop in children and youth with type 1 diabetes and high-risk glycaemic control.' She will be supervised by Dr Martin de Bock and Dr Ben Wheeler.
The recipients of the Centre’s first round of PhD Scholarships in 2023 were awarded to:
Jesse Ingram, University of Western Australia, for her PhD project 'Resilience in parents of young children with T1D'. This PhD project consists of three studies that aim to improve the implementation of psychological interventions in parents of children with T1D.
Mohsin Mumtaz, University of NSW, The role of respiratory viruses on the development of islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes. This PhD explores the relationship between respiratory virus infection and the development of T1D, with potential to identify respiratory viruses that alter the risk of T1D development. Ultimately, outcomes of this project will inform future development of antivirals and vaccines for the prevention of T1D.
Student scholarships for 2024 will be announced in March.
Find our more about our student opportunities here