- Relationship to Diabetes
- At risk of diabetes
Your Voice in Gestational Diabetes Research
What are the Diabetes Research Steering Groups?
Everything we know about how we treat, care for, and prevent diabetes is thanks to research. As the UK’s leading charitable funder of diabetes research, Diabetes UK has supported pioneering research into all forms of diabetes and diabetes-related complications. But we’re not done yet.
We want research to move even faster, be even more effective, and focus on what matters most to people with diabetes. That’s why we have the Diabetes Research Steering Groups (DRSGs), which bring together scientists, healthcare professionals, and people affected by diabetes.
Their job is to collectively decide the most important areas of diabetes research and work together to make research happen in those areas. This is so we can make the greatest possible difference to the lives of people with diabetes.
Why do we want to hear from you?
To understand what matters to a wide range of people and make sure that in the future everyone has an equal chance of accessing high-quality treatment and care, we need to help people from all backgrounds become involved in research.
That’s why we’d like to hear you about:
- Your experiences of living with diabetes
- What’s important to from you in your treatment and care
- The questions you’d like scientists to answer
How can you help us do this?
We’re looking for people with lived experience of gestational diabetes to join a working group made up of scientists, healthcare professionals, and people affected by diabetes. The group will help to organise research aimed at understanding how we can improve treatment and care for people living with gestational diabetes.
No prior research knowledge is required – we’re interested in hearing about your everyday experiences and how those experiences could be improved through better care. You can share your experiences by attending online discussions with the group, speaking to a staff member at Diabetes UK over the phone, and/or reading and commenting on documents produced by the group.
We will always make sure that our discussions are held in plain English, and that anything you don’t understand is explained, and most of all that your views are taken into account.
If you’re interested in participating or would like to learn more about the opportunity, please get in touch with Steven Parks, Research Officer at Diabetes UK (steven.parks@diabetes.org.uk).
Josh DUK