Diabetes UK 2024 Resource Hub –
Welcome to our resource hub for Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2024! This is a one-stop-shop for all your DUK 2024 needs. We will be updating the resource hub daily, so check back in for the latest on this fantastic meeting.
Useful Conference Links
Day-of Conference Reports
- Diabetes UK 2024 Day #1 Highlights
- Diabetes UK 2024 Day #2 Highlights
- Diabetes UK 2024 Day #3 Highlights
Diabetes Therapy Highlights
- England audit highlights concerning underuse of urine albumin-creatinine ratio testing for early diagnosis of diabetic kidney disease
- Pharmacotherapy for kidney disease: Prof. Kamlesh Khunti discusses efficacy of SGLT-2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists across broad patient population
- Prof. Tim Barrett discusses T1D Plus trials platform investigating verapamil in combination with Tzield and other immunotherapies
- “Type 1 diabetes is not a single disease”: Prof. Noel Morgan presents new data supporting the existence of endotypes
- Quick Take: Updates on current and emerging diabetes and obesity therapies from a UK lens
- Targeting unifying drivers of MASLD: Oxford’s Dr. Thomas Marjot encourages HCPs to focus on encouraging weight and glycemic control
- The endothelial glycocalyx may be the missing link between albuminuria and systemic vascular disease in microvascular complications of diabetes
- Professor Angus Jones explains that diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in adults is like a “needle in a haystack” in RD Lawrence Lecture
- Professor Naveed Sattar discusses the interplay of cardio-renal-metabolic disease in type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes
Diabetes Technology Highlights
- Prof. Roman Hovorka delivers exceptional Banting Memorial Lecture on AID
- Small study on AID in pregnancy in T1D (n=36) finds +8.2 hour/day increase in pregnancy TIR and 1.7% reduction in A1c across four commercial systems
- Poster hall highlights early UK Omnipod 5 data demonstrating impressive TIR increases and low hypo
- “The system puts all the pieces together”: Ms. Amy Jolley highlights Medtronic’s Smart MDI system, discussing candidates, funding, and new features
- Ms. Kathryn Fraser does a deep dive into the Control-IQ algorithm
- University of Nottingham’s Dr. Pooja Sachdev and Ms. Ressy Cresswell review ins and outs of algorithm setting adjustments for children on AID
- Trial outcomes from T1D pregnancies (n=2,055) following CGM rollout: Prof. Helen Murphy shares insightful results
- Prof. Alice Cheng on the future of insulin, technology, and digital health
Diabetes Big Picture Highlights
- Shaping the future of diabetes care: Prof. Melanie Davies on innovation, people, interventions, and partnerships
- Genetic variant in South Asian people may lead to underestimation of A1c levels and delayed diabetes diagnosis, genome-wide association study finds
- University of Edinburgh’s Prof. Sarah Wild on the changing patterns of diabetes in the 21st century
- Workshop spotlights cardio-renal-metabolic disease, with a focus on primary care and community-based solutions
- National UK consensus on management of T2D in children and young people
- Harry Keen Rank Nutrition Lecture: Dr. John Wilding on weight loss as primary goal in T2D treatment and prevention
- Professor Roy Taylor discusses how the new understanding of T2D informs roll out of remission services
- Quick Take: Screening for diabetic retinopathy is evolving as barriers remain
- Quick Take: National Diabetes Audit as a source for quality indicators that can influence coverage for tech and therapies
- Quick Take: In the exhibit hall, we saw Abbott, AstraZeneca, Dexcom, Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and more
- Papers to People: Profs. Partha Kar and Helen Murphy on implementing policy change with PWDs
- Prof. Kath Barnard Kelly, Dr. Vicky McKechnie, Prof. Pratik Choudhary and Dr. Nicole de Zoysa on the biopsychosocial impact of tech and hyperglycemia aversion
Exhibit Hall
Therapy
Technology
Big Picture