Prevention
If you would like to view all of the ongoing projects that we are funding, please download the project directory.
Complications: preventing the complications of diabetes
Dr Clare Grace, Mrs Jennifer Brassington, Professor Peter Kopelman & Professor Trisha Greenhalgh
Royal London Hospital
£140,009; three year Project Grant
Bangladeshi Initiative for the Prevention of Diabetes (BIPOD) study
This study aims to determine knowledge of risk in the Bangladeshi community and identify training need in health professionals.
Fully subscribed – no longer available for adoption
Professor Terrence Wilkin & Dr Linda Voss
Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
£139,054; three year Project Grant
Preventable factors in childhood that lead to insulin resistance, Type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome: The Earlybird Study Phase II (Early Puberty)
Earlybird is focused on the “fuse” that detonates Type 2 diabetes- what lights it, what keeps it burning and importantly, how best to extinguish it before diabetes develops. This study will take six-monthly “snapshots” of 300 children to involve measures of body weight, fat and shape and annual blood tests.
Adopted by: Carshalton Voluntary Group; Llandudno and District Voluntary Group;
Fully subscribed – no longer available for adoption
Dr Denise Robertson, Professor Margot Umpleby & Professor David Russel-Jones
University of Surrey
£52,912; one year Project Grant
Role of resistant starch in the treatment of insulin resistance
Resistant starch is a functional food which supposedly provides additional health benefits beyond basic nutrition. The researchers want to see if consuming resistant starch could be used in the treatment of insulin resistance as previous work in healthy volunteers showed beneficial effects on the way insulin works within the body.