Diabetes UK’s Research Strategy has been developed in consultation with people with diabetes and their carers, healthcare professionals, researchers and other important stakeholders.
It sets out the broad focus for our research for the five-year period from January 2006 to December 2010.
The aim set out in our Research Strategy is to: Improve the lives of people with diabetes and work towards a future without diabetes through an effective programme of research focusing on three key areas of equal importance:
- care and treatment
- cause and prevention
- cure.
These represent broad areas where there are gaps in our current knowledge and which, if advanced by investment in research, have the potential to significantly improve the lives of people with diabetes.
You can find more details about each of these areas in our Research Strategy document, which you can download under 'Downloads' on this page.
Research Priorities
In 2007, our stakeholders also identified four Research Priorities, which Diabetes UK has since been addressing through specialised calls for research applications and meetings of international experts.
These priority areas are:
- Research to develop a cure.
- Research to prevent diabetes.
- Research to prevent the complications of diabetes.
- Research to improve the day-to-day management of diabetes.