Diabetes Research
Understanding the mechanisms of diabetes towards healthy and independent living
Diabetes is costing Ireland close to €600M each year, according to the CODEIRE study led by Professor John Nolan, consultant endocrinologist and head of the Metabolic Research Unit at St. James’s Hospital. His team is studying the causes of severe insulin resistance, a major forerunner of type 2 diabetes, and recently published a paper on the phenomenon (previously unknown) of complete failure to respond to exercise training in obese young people with type 2 diabetes.
Professor Nolan leads a cross-university diabetes research group within the new Dublin Centre for Clinical Research (DCCR), a partnership between Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He is chair of Postgraduate Education Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).
Novo Nordisk has been supporting Professor Nolan’s research through an educational grant since 2003. To consolidate research in diabetes it is planned to appoint a chair.
A commitment of €1M is needed over five years.