The ABCD Inspire Podcast Series is back! Joining our host Dr Petra Hanson this time is Professor Pratik Choudhary, Professor of Diabetes at the University of Leicester and Honorary Consultant in Diabetes at Leicester Diabetes Centre. 

Tune in to learn about Pratik's work in hypoglycaemia, the use of technology in diabetes and education (DAFNEplus). 

The insightful discussion covers research and International Medical Graduates, the importance of being open to new opportunities, and the challenges of being a clinician and a researcher. 

Thank you for listening and we hope you have been inspired by our amazing guests. For more information about ABCD, or if you wish to find out more about joining the national organisation of Consultant Physicians in Britain who specialise in Diabetes Mellitus, please visit abcd.care

Welcome to the start of Season 2 of the ABCD Inspire Podcast Series where we aim to inspire clinicians into the field of diabetes and diabetes research.
To kick start 2025 and our new season, our host, Dr Petra Hanson, welcomes special guest Dr Dimitris Papamargaritis.

We often refer to the incredible journey our inspirational guests have been on, and Dimitris not only fits that bill but his physcial journey, coming from Greece to the UK, learning the language and the intricacies of British medical language, and then the progression of his career, has been truly fascinating and remarkable.

During this fascinating conversation you will hear how the career structure in Greece led Dimitris down the research pathway and how that pathway resulted in him coming to the UK and the amazing journey he has been on since to get to where he is today.
Dimitris also shares his top tip for maintaining balance between your clinical work, academic work, and then your personal and family life and some brilliant advice for what to look out for when looking at future departments you may wish to take your clinical academic career to - an absolute must listen for anybody requiring some much needed inspiration.

You can currently listen to the ABCD Inspire Podcast series via the following platforms: Spotify, Amazon Music, Podcast Index, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Deezer, Player FM.
Coming to other podcast platforms soon.

Thank you for listening and we hope you have been inspired by our amazing guests. For more information about ABCD, or if you wish to find out more about joining the national organisation of Consultant Physicians in Britain who specialise in Diabetes Mellitus, please visit abcd.care

For our final ABCD Inspire podcast of 2024 we are thrilled to have our very own ABCD Executive Chair, Professor Ketan Dhatariya, joining our podcast host Dr Petra Hanson.

Ketan has an immense work ethic and workload and you will hear all about the projects he is currently working on and supporting his junior colleagues with, as well as the incredible challenges that he overcame in order to get to where he is today.
You will hear the fascinating story of what his first ever publication was and how he ended up getting a paper in the New England Journal of Medicine (one of the most prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals in the world).

Ketan's story is fascinating and an absolute inspiration to any clinician wanting to grow, develop, and thrive - a must listen!

You can currently listen to the ABCD Inspire Podcast series via the following platforms: Spotify, Amazon Music, Podcast Index, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Deezer, Player FM.
Coming to other podcast platforms soon.

Thank you for listening and we hope you have been inspired by our amazing guests. For more information about ABCD, or if you wish to find out more about joining the national organisation of Consultant Physicians in Britain who specialise in Diabetes Mellitus, please visit abcd.care

Welcome to the next episode in our ABCD Inspire Podcast Series where our host Dr Petra Hanson is joined by Dr Prashanth (Prash) Vas.
Dr Vas is a Consultant Diabetologist and Diabetic Foot Physician at King’s College Hospital and is in involved in a plethora of research interests that you will hear about during this episode.
You will also find out what it was that intrigued him and made him think that research would be a really beneficial addition to his clinical future, and what advice he has for junior clinicians and how to best make use of the people you look up to and admire.

You can currently listen to the ABCD Inspire Podcast series via the following platforms: Spotify, Amazon Music, Podcast Index, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Deezer, Player FM.
Coming to other podcast platforms soon.

Thank you for listening and we hope you have been inspired by our amazing guests. For more information about ABCD, or if you wish to find out more about joining the national organisation of Consultant Physicians in Britain who specialise in Diabetes Mellitus, please visit abcd.care

For our fourth ABCD Inspire Podcast episode, our host Dr Petra Hanson is joined by Professor Mark Evans. Mark is a Consultant Physician working in diabetes and general medicine in Cambridge University Hospitals (Addenbrookes) and a Clinical Scientist based in the University of Cambridge’s Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science.

During their conversation Petra asks Mark what his journey into diabetes and research looked like, Mark shares his fascinating current research into insulin induced hypoglycaemia, and how a fork in his road led to great experiences and consequential success...tune in to find out more!

You can currently listen to the ABCD Inspire Podcast series via the following platforms:
Spotify, Amazon Music, Podcast Index, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Deezer, Player FM. 
Coming to other podcast platforms soon.

Thank you for listening and we hope you have been inspired by our amazing guests. For more information about ABCD, or if you wish to find out more about joining the national organisation of Consultant Physicians in Britain who specialise in Diabetes Mellitus, please visit abcd.care

We have a special format for our third ABCD Inspire Podcast - our host Dr Petra Hanson is joined by a co-host, Dr Emily Harrison. Emily is a Specialist Registrar training in Diabetes and Endocrinology in the Wessex deanery and currently working at University Hospital Southampton, and is considering expanding these skills by undertaking research as part of her medical training. 

To help Emily and all our listeners with their research considerations, the guest for this episode is Dr Hermione Price, Consultant Diabetologist at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospitals Dorset, and active researcher.

Hermione shares why she chose diabetes and then research, explains how research gets funded and how you might go about obtaining it, who might be the best person to be your supervisor in your research desires, and from her experience what the most important thing is that you should prioritise over everything else...tune in to find out!

Listen below on the ABCD website - and via your preferred podcast app (platforms where the ABCD Inspire Podcast is available are listed below).

You can currently listen to the ABCD Inspire Podcast series via the following platforms:
Spotify, Amazon Music, Podcast Index, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Deezer, Player FM. 
Coming to other podcast platforms soon.

Thank you for listening and we hope you have been inspired by our amazing guests. For more information about ABCD, or if you wish to find out more about joining the national organisation of Consultant Physicians in Britain who specialise in Diabetes Mellitus, please visit abcd.care

In our second ABCD Inspire Podcast, our host, Dr Petra Hanson, is joined by Professor Parth Narendran, who leads the Diabetes Research Unit and the Type 1 Diabetes clinical service at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.

Parth shares with us his updates on autoimmunity in diabetes, his current research projects, and when asked by Petra why he chose to get into research, Parth says "research for me has been a really exciting part of my life and has given me opportunities I wouldn't have had in other ways" - a conversation not be missed!

For more information about ABCD, please visit abcd.care, and for more information about becoming a member of the national organisation of Consultant Physicians in Britain who specialise in Diabetes Mellitus, please visit abcd.care/join

Thank you for listening and we hope you have been inspired by our amazing guests. For more information about ABCD, or if you wish to find out more about joining the national organisation of Consultant Physicians in Britain who specialise in Diabetes Mellitus, please visit abcd.care

In our first ever ABCD Inspire Podcast, our host, Dr Petra Hanson, is joined by Dr Emma Wilmot, Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham, Consultant Diabetologist in Derby, and founder of the Diabetes Technology Network UK (DTN-UK).

Emma shares how her own personal circumstances and experiences inspired her journey into diabetes, how that journey has progressed throughout her career and parenthood, the challenges that she has had to overcome trying to create a balanced lifestyle, and what exciting research projects she is currently focussed on.

Listen on the ABCD website - and coming soon to your preferred podcast app.

Thank you for listening and we hope you have been inspired by our amazing guests. For more information about ABCD, or if you wish to find out more about joining the national organisation of Consultant Physicians in Britain who specialise in Diabetes Mellitus, please visit abcd.care