Diabetes Research Program

Diabetes is the fastest-growing chronic condition in the world. Globally, 589 million adults are currently living with it. In Australia, almost 1.9 million people face this diagnosis — and the number is rising.

Behind every one of those figures is a person navigating a condition that touches nearly every part of daily life: energy, diet, sleep, relationships and long-term health. Our researchers understand that reality, and it is the human dimension of diabetes that gives our work its urgency.

Our program is focused on identifying risk factors for complications and tracking national and global trends in how the disease is changing. We are developing more personalised prevention strategies, identifying the biomarkers that reveal how diabetes progresses, and establishing clinical trials of new technologies and treatments. Throughout all of this, we remain firmly committed to the pursuit of potential cures.

From discovery science to clinical care, Baker Institute scientists are working across every stage of the challenge — because this condition demands nothing less.