Researchers from Liverpool John Moores University are inviting:

• adults living with both cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes;
• adults living with either condition (must be at high risk of developing the other condition);
• and healthcare or community professionals supporting people with these conditions

to take part in a study exploring experiences of health-related stigma.

Researchers at King’s College London would like to recruit people with a diagnosis of a long-term condition, such as diabetes, to take part in a study that is assessing the experiences of being dismissed by healthcare services.

Taking part includes completing four online questionnaires, Participants will be reimbursed with 2x £5 vouchers for the final two questionnaires.

For more information please contact: medicaldismissalstudy@kcl.ac.uk

Researchers at University College Cork (UCC), Ireland, are inviting people aged 18 or over living with a chronic illness who are currently employed, or who have experience of employment while living with their condition, to take part in a research study exploring workplace experiences and chronic illness disclosure.
 

The study focuses on whether individuals choose to share their condition at work and how this may influence their working lives. The research is centred on participants’ workplace experiences rather than the nature of their
condition itself.
 

Researchers at UWE Bristol would like to recruit people aged 11-25 years old with a diagnosed chronic physical health condition, such as diabetes, to take part in a study that is exploring the types of support that young people with chronic (long-term) physical health conditions want as they prepare to move from child to adult healthcare teams. 

Participation can involve interviews or ‘focus groups’ (group discussions) either online or in-person. This is to discuss your experiences and opinions with people of a similar age.

Researchers at Imperial College London would like to recruit adults living with prediabetes, or diagnosed with type 2 diabetes with HbA1c between 48 and 52 mmol/mol, to take part in a study that is looking to see how the diabetes drug, semaglutide, may prevent steroid-induced diabetes. 

Who: Individuals aged 18-40 living with type 1 diabetes who can attend the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.

What: Giving two blood samples, one in the morning between 7-9am and another 10-14 hours later, at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. Eligible participants who successfully donate both samples will be provided with a £300 voucher from Lovetoshop.

More than half of type 1 diabetes is diagnosed in adults but very little is known about how the condition develops. Researchers at the University of Bristol are conducting a study testing blood samples in the UK general population to assess people's risk of developing type 1 diabetes.

To take part people must: 
•    be living in the United Kingdom
•    be aged between 18 and 70 years.

Researchers at Ulster University would like to recruit people:

• living in Northern Ireland
• aged 18 years or older
• living with type 2 diabetes (and diagnosed more than 6 months ago)

to take part in a study that is aiming to assess diabetes-related nutrition knowledge among individuals with type 2 diabetes in Northern Ireland and examine links with dietary intake.  

The study will be conducted remotely and will involve the following: