Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
OCDEM is a pioneering centre that combines clinical care, research and education in diabetes, endocrine and metabolic diseases. By promoting world-class research, we aim to enhance understanding of these diseases and to accelerate the search for new treatments and cures.
Head of OCDEM
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David Ray
Professor of Endocrinology, Head of OCDEM, and Co-Director Sir Jules Thorn Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute
Intensive blood glucose control for people with type 2 diabetes when they are first diagnosed reduces diabetic complications and prolongs life
The study, which tracked volunteers for up to 44 years, showed that the benefits of early intensive blood glucose control can persist for decades.
Read moreLatest publications
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Loss of electrical β-cell to δ-cell coupling underlies impaired hypoglycaemia-induced glucagon secretion in type-1 diabetes.
Conference paper
Hill TG. et al, (2024), Nat Metab
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Dissociation between liver fat content and fasting metabolic markers of selective hepatic insulin resistance in humans
Journal article
Westcott F. et al, (2024), European Journal of Endocrinology (EJE)
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Peptide Coated Polycaprolactone-Benzalkonium Chloride Nanocap-sules for Targeted Drug Delivery to the Pancreatic β-Cell
Journal article
Hodson D. and Shilleh A., (2024), ACS Applied Bio Materials
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Bidirectional Mendelian randomization highlights causal relationships between circulating INHBC and multiple cardiometabolic diseases and traits.
Journal article
Loh NY. et al, (2024), Diabetes
Latest News
Patients receiving steroids are more than twice as likely to develop diabetes, UK study has found
10 September 2024
Patients who are being treated with systemic glucocorticoids are more than twice as likely to develop diabetes as those not receiving the treatment, a new study by researchers at the Radcliffe Department of Medicine’s Diabetes Trial Unit has found.
Jeremy Tomlinson awarded Outstanding Chief Investigator in NIHR celebration
23 July 2024
Congratulations to Professor Jeremy Tomlinson on winning an award for ‘Outstanding Chief Investigator’ from the National Institute of Health and Care Research’s (NIHR) Thames Valley and South Midlands Clinical Research Network (LCRN).
Senior Fellowship awarded to Costas Christodoulides
4 July 2024
Congratulations to Costas Christodoulides, who has been awarded a Senior Clinical Research Fellowship with the British Heart Foundation.
Professor Rajesh Thakker receives OBE in King’s Birthday Honours
17 June 2024
Congratulations to RDM’s Professor Rajesh Vasantlal Thakker FRS, May Professor of Medicine and lately President, Society for Endocrinology, who has been appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours 2024.
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