People with diabetes aged 18+ can register their details with Research for the Future to receive information about local NHS diabetes research opportunities. It’s free to join and doesn’t commit you to take part in any studies. 

Discover is a register of adults living in North West London who are interested in and want to find out more about health research opportunities. The register is for both healthy people and those with a medical condition. Research could relate to any condition, including diabetes, and can range from answering surveys to having your blood tested, to testing new medical devices or phone apps, and participating in clinical trials.

Researchers across the country are looking for people living with diabetes to take part in their research. Meanwhile, people with diabetes are also looking for projects to take part in, but it can be difficult to find a match. That’s where the British Research Panel comes in: matching scientists to people with diabetes. It’s free to join and doesn’t commit you to take part in any studies. They’ll let you know when a relevant clinical trial is happening close to where you live.

Researchers at the NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University of Bristol would like to recruit people aged 12 to 25, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (diagnosed for 3 months or more) to take part in a study to test a new survey measuring the variety of ways young people manage insulin, food and activity and how you feel about your life and diabetes.

Taking part involves the completion of an online survey which should take approximately 60 minutes, 

Researchers at the University of Birmingham are seeking participants with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who experience peripheral neuropathy (nerve pain in the feet and hands caused by diabetes) and have tried at least two types of nerve pain medication, for a study testing a new treatment for this diabetes complication.

Researchers at the University of Bristol would like to recruit adults (aged 18 years and over) living with type 1 diabetes in the UK to take part in a study exploring diabetes burnout and the wider experiences of living with type 1 diabetes. We want to better understand the psychological, social and biological factors associated with diabetes burnout, which can involve feelings of exhaustion, detachment from diabetes care, and a sense of losing control. Importantly, you do not need to have experienced diabetes burnout to take part.

Researchers from Lancaster and Keele Universities are now recruiting people aged 18 and over with any type of diabetes-related peripheral neuropathy (nerve pain in the feet and hands caused by diabetes) to participate in a research study.

Researchers at the University of Surrey would like to recruit:

•  South Asian adults;
• aged 18 years or older;
• living with both type 2 diabetes and depression 

to take part in a research study exploring their lived experiences of managing these conditions.

Diabetes and heart disease are closely linked.

Researchers at Aston University would like to recruit adults who:

• have a diagnosis of cardiovascular disease and belong to a ethnic minority group OR
• people who provide care to a person with cardiovascular disease from an ethnic minority group

to take part in a study that is exploring how community pharmacies can better support people from ethnic minority backgrounds to protect themselves against cardiovascular disease (CVD).

An international group of diabetes researchers and clinicians have established a global database of new cases of diabetes in patients with Covid-19 – called the CoviDiab Registry Project. It comes off the back of initial observations that Covid-19 could potentially trigger diabetes and the urgent need to know more.