Professor David O’Neal is the Director and founder of the Diabetes Technology Research Group based at the University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, and the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute.

He has led multiple studies in novel diabetes technology and closed loop insulin delivery with significant national and international collaborations involving clinicians, academics and industry. He is a Professor with The University of Melbourne and a senior consultant endocrinologist with the Department of Endocrinology at St Vincent’s Public Hospital, and the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute specialist clinic.

Professor O’Neal holds appointments with the University of Melbourne, the University of Notre Dame and the University of Sydney where he is involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. He is the recipient of multiple awards including the Diabetes Victoria Outstanding contribution to Diabetes award 2019, the JDRF-Australia Diabetes Research Innovation Award for an established researcher and has had multiple publications cited as amongst the most influential in their field.