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The Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes is the first national research centre internationally, dedicated to investigating the behavioural, psychological and social aspects of living with diabetes.
After gestational diabetes: supporting women from Chinese and Indian backgrounds to screen for type 2 diabetes

After gestational diabetes: supporting women from Chinese and Indian backgrounds to screen for type 2 diabetes

October 24, 2025September 9, 2026ACBRD

Our latest research explores what helps, and what hinders, Indian and Chinese women in Australia from attending type 2 diabetes screening after gestational diabetes

By Dr Jo Jordan

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Education, Family, Gestational Diabetes, Women Cultural and Linguistically Diverse communities, GDM, Post natal care
What’s weight stigma got to do with it?

What’s weight stigma got to do with it?

September 29, 2025September 9, 2026ACBRD

Researchers in Türkiye examined links between weight self-stigma and sexual function among women with type 2 diabetes

By Sarah Manallack

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Stigma, Type 2 diabetes, weight, Women African Journal of Reproductive Health
What is it like to live with prediabetes?

What is it like to live with prediabetes?

September 22, 2025September 15, 2025ACBRD

ACBRD researcher Professor Timothy Skinner contributed to research in Sweden that sheds light on the experience of living with prediabetes

By Alison Robinson

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Education, prediabetes, Type 2 diabetes Journal of Diabetes Research, pre-diabetes, qualitative research
World-first guideline for assessing and addressing diabetes distress

World-first guideline for assessing and addressing diabetes distress

September 17, 2025September 16, 2025ACBRD

ACBRD’s Prof Jane Speight co-leads new EASD guideline

By Dr Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott

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Diabetes distress diabetes distress, EASD, European Association for the Study of Diabetes 1 Comment
Why do we begin meetings by acknowledging lived experience?

Why do we begin meetings by acknowledging lived experience?

September 15, 2025September 15, 2025ACBRD

This simple shift helps us live our values and create research that truly matters 

By Prof Jane Speight, Dr Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott, and Alison Robinson 

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Language, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes Lived experience
What does culture have to do with medication-taking in type 2 diabetes?

What does culture have to do with medication-taking in type 2 diabetes?

August 29, 2025September 3, 2025ACBRD

A new study explores medication-taking among Australians with type 2 diabetes of Vietnamese background

By Fatima Siddiqui

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Family, Language, Stigma, Type 2 diabetes cultural consideration, cultural inclusivity, medication use, representaion
ACBRD at ADATS and ADC 2025

ACBRD at ADATS and ADC 2025

August 27, 2025August 28, 2025ACBRD

Psychosocial Research to the Fore

By Dr Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott, Prof Jane Speight, Jennifer Halliday, Dr Edith Holloway, Dr Eloise Litterbach, Dr Uffe Søholm, and Dr Ralph Geerling

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Conference #25ADC, ADATS, ADC, Australasian Diabetes Advancements and Technologies Summit, Australasian Diabetes Congress
Shaming by sight: the hidden stigma in diabetes imagery

Shaming by sight: the hidden stigma in diabetes imagery

August 6, 2025August 6, 2025ACBRD

UK-based study reveals how visual portrayals of diabetes fuel stigma

By Emmanuel Ekpor

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Stigma, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes Health Expectations
A little less stigmatisation, a little more ACTion!

A little less stigmatisation, a little more ACTion!

July 30, 2025July 30, 2025ACBRD

Can Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) make type 2 diabetes risk-reduction programs more supportive?

By Dr Ralph Geerling

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Language, mental health, Stigma, Type 2 diabetes, weight Health Psychology, weight stigma
Weight management: why a whole health system approach is needed

Weight management: why a whole health system approach is needed

July 28, 2025July 29, 2025ACBRD

New research shows many people living in larger bodies face challenges getting the care they need

By Amy Silverwood

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Stigma, weight Obesity Reviews, weight management

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