30 June 2026
We’ve very proud to announce that the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute has officially been recognised as a Centre of Excellence by the International Diabetes Federation.
We're now in elite company globally, joining the likes of Imperial College London Diabetes Centre and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar as designated Centres of Excellence.
The designation recognises institutes delivering world-class diabetes care, multidisciplinary education, and research and clinical trials.
Baker Institute Director Professor John Greenwood says the honour reflects what the team brings every day.
"For 100 years, the Baker Institute has been at the forefront of diabetes research. “Today, our specialist diabetes clinic — one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere — brings that science to life for thousands of patients,” Professor Greenwood says.
Our clinic team, led by Associate Professor Neale Cohen, includes endocrinologists, diabetes nurse educators, dietitians, exercise physiologists and ophthalmologists, all based in Melbourne's prestigious Alfred Research Alliance precinct.
That depth of expertise is grounded in a strong research legacy. In the late 1940s, Baker Institute scientists helped establish two distinct types of diabetes. Decades of pioneering epidemiological work — spanning the Pacific to Mauritius — predicted the global diabetes epidemic. These are just a few of our discoveries that continue to shape how diabetes is understood and treated today.
