Diabetes Insights - Breakthroughs and Innovators

Precision Diabetes: Learning From the Rare and Applying to the Common

Diabetes Insights - Breakthroughs and Innovators

Show Notes

In this episode, EASD host, Vivienne Parry sits down with 2025 EASD Claude Bernard Prize recipient, Prof. Andrew Hattersley, to reflect on his career which has transformed diabetes research and care worldwide. From the discovery of key genetic mutations in maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) and neonatal diabetes to establishing a global genetic testing programme that has helped patients in more than 100 countries, Prof. Hattersley has shaped our understanding of diabetes.

Tune in to hear reflections on his early breakthroughs, the team collaborations that made them possible, and the far-reaching clinical impact of precision medicine for children and families worldwide. Looking to the future, he explores the next frontier: bringing personalised approached into type 2 diabetes care.

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