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Diabetes already affects 415 million people worldwide. In the UK, there will be 5M people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) by 2025, accounting for 1 in 30 prescriptions and £25 billion in annual NHS costs. The establishment of the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM) builds on existing strength in this area. OCDEM is committed to training the next generation of basic and clinical scientists in the fields of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism. Several of the OCDEM PIs have joint affiliations with the neighbouring Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics. DPhil Projects in this area are available through the RDM Scholars Programme, the NDM Prize Studentships and the Wellcome Trust funded structured programme on Genomic Medicine and Statistics. Its projects cut across conventional disciplines to include aspects of human statistical and molecular genetics, translational genomics, molecular and cellular biology, islet physiology, integrated physiology and clinical trials. The Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics and the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences also have a number of groups doing research in diabetes and metabolism. The Structured DPhil programme in Ion Channels and Disease includes projects on the molecular mechanisms underlying diabetes. 

Supervisors in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism


Amanda Adler

Professor of Diabetic Medicine and Health Policy

Charalambos Antoniades

British Heart Foundation Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine

Jane Armitage

Professor of Clinical Trials and Epidemiology, and Honorary Consultant in ...

Mara Artibani

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Cancer Stem Cells

Frances Ashcroft

Research Professor

Rachael Bashford-Rogers

Fiona Bragg

Clinical Research Fellow

Keith Buckler

Associate Professor of Physiology

Dexter Canoy

Clinical Epidemiologist

Barbara Casadei

British Heart Foundation (BHF) Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Keith Channon

Field Marshal Earl Alexander Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Head of ...

Helen Christian

Deputy Head of Department

Constantinos Christodoulides

University Research Lecturer

Grant C Churchill

Professor of Chemical Pharmacology

Cyrus Cooper

Professor of Musculoskeletal Science, University of Oxford

Ana Domingos

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Huaidong Du

Senior Research Fellow

Claire Edwards

Professor of Bone Oncology

Vanessa Ferreira

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Peter Friend

Professor of Transplantation

Antony Galione

Statutory Professor of Pharmacology

Bass Hassan

Lisa Heather

BHF Intermediate Fellow and Associate Professor

Jane Hirst

Visiting Professor in Global Women's Health

Tim Holt

Senior Clinical Research Fellow

Philippa Hulley

Associate Professor

Rutger J. Ploeg

Professor of Transplant Biology

Kassim Javaid

Professor of Osteoporosis and Adult Rare Bone Diseases

Susan Jebb

Professor of Diet and Population Health

Paul Johnson

Director of Oxford Islet Isolation and Islet Transplant Programmes and ...

Fredrik Karpe

Professor of Metabolic Medicine

Samira Lakhal-Littleton

Associate Professor of Cell Physiology and MRC Senior Non-Clinical Research ...

Paul Leeson

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Raashid Luqmani

Professor of Rheumatology

Masliza Mahmod

Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Liliana Minichiello

Reader in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Claudia Monaco

Professor of Cardiovascular Inflammation

Katharine Owen

Associate Professor of Diabetes

Jaideep Pandit

Consultant Anaesthetist

John Parrington

Associate Professor in Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology

Stuart Peirson

Professor of Circadian Neuroscience

Carmen Piernas

University Research Lecturer

Frances Platt

Head of Department

David Preiss

Associate Professor

Peter Robbins

Professor of Physiology

Patrik Rorsman

Professor of Diabetic Medicine

Pawel Swietach

Professor of Physiology

Damian Tyler

Professor of Physiological Metabolism

Irina Udalova

Professor of Molecular Immunology

Sridhar Vasudevan

Associate Professor in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery

Manu Vatish

Professor of Obstetrics & Consultant Obstetrician

Vladyslav Vyazovskiy

Professor of Sleep Physiology

Clive Wilson

Professor of Cell and Developmental Genetics

Kathryn Wood

Emeritus Professor of Immunology

Manuela Zaccolo

Deputy Head of Department