Professor Karin Jandeleit-Dahm is recognised as a clinical scientist and leader in the field of diabetic complications. She is a NHMRC senior research fellow and holds Professorship at Monash University and the University of Hannover, Germany. Her work has received a number of awards including the Lise Meitner Award and the Dorothea Erxleben Awards (recognising research excellence in Germany). Her Career Development Award was recognised by the Heart Foundation as the top ranked in Victoria.

Professor Jandeleit-Dahm has over 150 publications in high impact factor journals, including four papers in Circulation and others in JASN, Circulation Research and Diabetes. She is on the Editorial Boards for Diabetologia, Clinical Science, The Journal of Molecular Medicine and PLosONE. She has been President of the Australian Atherosclerosis Society (2012–14). Currently she is Deputy Head of the inaugural Diabetes Department, Monash University.