Immunity, microbiome, circadian rhythms with a focus in Type 1 diabetes.
Joined March 2021
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Jun 11
A teaser for work we have just started that is funded by @BreakthroughT1D. Follow @elsadiabetes for regular updates on the project throughout the year
Jun 11
Part one: Diabetes awareness week: @JAPearsonLab speaking about T1D research and the science behind the research #DiabetesResearch #DOC #HealthTech #T1Diabetes #DigitalHealth #T1D @unibirmingham @DiabeticMed @DUK_research
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Jun 11
Another great @BT1DUK scientific advisory council discussion of the early career small grant awards. I always love hearing the different perspectives from those with lived experience as well as clinicians, nurses and other researchers who provide key insight into what is funded.
Jun 11
Stimulating debate and great to hear about the great range of research all focused on improving lives of those living with T1D submitted for funding Breakthrough T1D UK scientific advisory committee in London chaired by the brilliant James Pearson @JAPearsonLab @renukadias
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Jun 10
Watch The Bread Kitchen a Community Interest Company (CIC) based in Cobholm, Great Yarmouth video @breadkitchenGY screening children and young adults for T1D 🙏🧬🔬🧑🔬elsadiabetes.nhs.uk/taking-p… @BCHC_CommCX @parthnarendran @BT1DUK @DiabetesUK @JAPearsonLab @RenukaDias
Did you know children across the country can take part in vital type 1 diabetes research?
The ELSA study is taking place in schools and community settings such as The Bread Kitchen, a community training provider in Great Yarmouth, to make it easier for children to get involved.
Watch the full video ➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=XGIC_pz4…
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Diabetes Awareness week
Here Ben from @ResearchFIRSTB speaking about the day to day working partnership with the ELSA study elsadiabetes.nhs.uk/ @unibirmingham @parthnarendran @RenukaDias @BT1DUK @DiabetesUK @DUK_research #T1D
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Great questions from school students for diabetes week.
1. Insulin can be taken as an injection or through a pump
2. Glucose should be checked regularly. Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) can help with this
3. Hyperglycemia is high blood glucose.
Part 3) Diabetes awareness week: Questions from school students:
- How do people with Type 1 diabetes take insulin?
- How often should a person with T1D check their blood sugar?
- What is hyperglycaemia?
- What is hyperglycaemia?
@JAPearsonLab @BT1DUK @DiabetesUK @RenukaDia
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I am so sad to hear that Anthony Stewart Head has died. He was such an amazing guy to meet and I am so sad for all his family. I got to meet him at comic con and what a legend he was. Best celebrity I’ve ever met!
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I’m so proud to Chair the @BT1DUK Scientific Advisory Council with a group of amazing people, helping to give early career researchers a voice and advocate for research for that benefits people living with, or at risk of, Type 1 diabetes 🔬
Jun 4
Research breakthroughs wouldn’t be possible without our network of professional and lived-experience volunteers.🔬
Thanks to the Scientific Advisory Council (SAC) – our community of scientific and healthcare professionals, and lived-experience members – we’re able to make informed, confident research decisions, and better support the UK’s type 1 diabetes (T1D) community.
SAC members like Lewis, Renuka, James, and Guy lend their time and expertise towards a shared goal; improve the lives of people living with T1D.💙
Learn more about our SAC members' incredible contributions to T1D research via this link - bit.ly/4vsOq2x
#volunteersweek2026 #GBDoc #breakthrought1d
ALT Two portraits with quotes from volunteers Lewis Hepburn and Renuka Dias about advancing T1D research and improving lives.
ALT Two portraits with quotes from volunteers James Pearson and Guy Bradshaw on research impact and personal connection to T1D.
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May 30
"Trading challenges for cures. 🧬🔬 Can Erin make it to the final checkpoint? Follow our ELSA race across the world to find out! justgiving.com/page/elsa-stu… Erin's charity challenge. @BT1DUK @DiabetesUK @parthnarendran @unibirmingham @RenukaDias please donate, repost, share 🙏 #T1D
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May 29
My fantastic colleague @Dr_Sumner is recruiting people living type 1 diabetes to contribute to a study to help us better understand a potential protein and how it could be linked to diabetes burnout. Please consider sharing and/or taking part 🧬 🥼
May 29
Do you want to be involved in research? 💙
By sharing your experience, you can help researchers shape better care, support and understanding for others with type 1 diabetes (T1D).
Explore UK-based research projects looking for people like you.
Find out more - bit.ly/4hHlMDT
#Type1Diabetes #GBDoc #Research
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May 25
We’re on a mission to screen children & young adults in local communities and we need your support to go the distance. Follow our journey! Please 🙏Donate, repost, share. justgiving.com/page/elsa-stu… @BT1DUK @DiabetesUK @diabetes_chat @unibirmingham ELSA race across the world 🌍🏃🧬🔬
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May 17
The ELSA study team are taking on the ultimate ELSA Race Across the world. To inform and educate T1D screening children (age 2-15) and young adults (age 16-17) world wide. Our research team are trading lab coats for backpacks 🏃♀️🏃🌍 #T1D to donate 👇
justgiving.com/page/elsa-stu…
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May 16
Always so great seeing advertisements for @elsadiabetes in the local community. Any child/young adult aged 2-17 can be screened tor free at home! Just request your kit online! Thanks @BeckettsFarm for sharing this!
May 16
Thank you so much Becketts Farm @Becketts_conf @BeckettsFarm elsadiabetes.nhs.uk/ The ELSA Study is screening children (age 2-15) and young adults (age 16-17) for type 1 diabetes. @parthnarendran @BT1DUK @DiabetesUK @RenukaDias @JAPearsonLab @unibirmingham
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May 15
A very informative morning @parthnarendran @DUK_research
@Kodak
@UHBDiabetes @sathNHS @unibirmingham @diabetes_chat @RenukaDias @isletbiologylab @JAPearsonLab @AlexRichter3 #T1D #Doctor #DoctorLife #GeneralPractice #Healthcare
#PatientCare #MedTwitter
#MedicalResearch
The Severn Pumpers meeting in Shrewsbury - there were more than 7 of them! Great morning spent discussing early detection and treatment @elsadiabetes @DUK_research @BT1DUK @UHBDiabetes
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Researchers at the University of Birmingham are recruiting people living with type 1 diabetes, or parents/guardians of children under 16 with type 1, to a study exploring views on potential type 1 treatments.
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A great article from @Dr_LaurenQuinn @RenukaDias @elsadiabetes - Hopefully we can find ways to alleviate some of the experiences parents/carers/guardians experience in choosing to screen their children for risk of Type 1 diabetes.
Explore the paper here: Psychosocial implications, acceptability and ethics of screening for paediatric type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and mixed methods evidence synthesis: link.springer.com/article/10…
@parthnarendran @unibirmingham
@Dr_LaurenQuinn
@RenukaDias
@JAPearsonLab
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Apr 26
London marathon 2026
Good luck to @kuzmin__nikita running for @DiabetesUK & James Norton running for @BT1DUK and good luck to all the other runners on the day
@marathonslive @parthnarendran @RenukaDias @unibirmingham @JAPearsonLab #londonmarathon2026 #T1D
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Apr 23
The IDS Congress is the premiere meeting for the international community of researchers, clinicians and industry representatives studying the pathogenesis and treatment of type 1 diabetes @AUDiabetesSoc @parthnarendran @JAPearsonLab
@unibirmingham @BT1DUK @DiabetesUK
#T1D 🧬🔬
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Apr 16
Dora is on her way to he 2nd checkpoint ELSA Race Across the World Belfast to West Bromwich. Breakthrough T1D technology discovery event this Saturday 18th April @parthnarendran @RenukaDias @JAPearsonLab please repost #T1Dtoddles #school #T1Dchildren 🌏🏃♀️
breakthrought1d.org.uk/news-…
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Apr 13
Come join us on Saturday for a fun filled interactive research session created by young people with T1D for young people for T1D 🔬 thanks also to @BioRadEducation for the kits and @britsocimm for a communication and engagement grant. Register below
Apr 13
📣Hear from @JAPearsonLab on what to expect at our Young Person's Research Pathway in West Midlands
Perfect for ages 8 to 25!
📍Where: West Bromwich Albion Football Club, B71 4LF
📅 When: Saturday 18 April, 9:30am to 1pm
There's still time to sign up through the link➡️ bit.ly/4rZd8pe
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Apr 12
Come to the free @BT1DUK discovery day event On Sat 18th April at West Brom football club @elsadiabetes @JAPearsonLab will be attending and offering young individuals the opportunity to do their own experiment! 🔬sign up now: breakthrought1d.org.uk/infor…
Apr 12
Not long now: come and meet the research teams and the people that make a difference in T1D - Breakthrough T1D Discovery Event: West Midlands
West Bromwich Albion Football Club West Bromwich, Saturday 18 April 9:30 - 13 @parthnarendran please repost
eventbrite.co.uk/e/breakthro…
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