Inaugural Professorial Lecture –Professor Ben Wheeler

Diabetes and Advanced Diabetes Technology - Collaborative research in New Zealand and Beyond
About Professor Ben Wheeler's research:
Ben is an Otago/Southland-based paediatrician and paediatric endocrinologist.
He is passionate about improving care and lives for people impacted by diabetes.
His academic interests stem largely from his clinical work, with a particular focus on childhood type 1 diabetes including clinical trials and research on advanced technology for the management of diabetes (at all ages).
This research is highly collaborative with very close ties to colleagues and teams based out of the University of Otago, Christchurch and Wellington, as well as regular collaboration with Waikato, Auckland and beyond.
In addition, he is Head of Child Health within the Dunedin School of Medicine, Co-Director of the New Zealand Paediatric Surveillance Unit, and a member of council for both the Asia Pacific Paediatric Endocrinology Society and the Australian and New Zealand Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes.

This lecture will be followed with light refreshments, tea, coffee and juice.