Challenges and solutions for diabetes early career researchers in the COVID-19 recovery: Perspectives of the Diabetes UK Innovators in Diabetes

Affiliations

¹ Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.
² School of Psychological Sciences and Health, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
³ Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
⁴ The University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
⁵ Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
⁶ Aberdeen Cardiovascular & Diabetes Centre, The Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
⁷ Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Integrative Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁸ Department of Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
⁹ Division of Systems Medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland.
¹⁰ Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Centre, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
¹¹ School of Medicine, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.

Matthew C Gage et al. Diabet Med. 2022 Mar.

. 2022 Mar;39(3):e14698.

doi: 10.1111/dme.14698. Epub 2021 Sep 30.

¹ Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.
² School of Psychological Sciences and Health, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
³ Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
⁴ The University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
⁵ Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
⁶ Aberdeen Cardiovascular & Diabetes Centre, The Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
⁷ Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Integrative Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁸ Department of Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
⁹ Division of Systems Medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland.
¹⁰ Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Centre, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
¹¹ School of Medicine, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.

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Keywords: COVID-19; IDia; diabetes; early career; pandemic; researchers.

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