Take part in research
The Centre invites all Australians living with diabetes to raise their collective voice and get involved in diabetes research. We also encourage healthcare professionals and carers and family members of people with diabetes to take part in studies where appropriate. This page is updated regularly providing details of current research opportunities.
Current research opportunities

Have you experienced gestational diabetes within the last 3 years or are you living with it now? Are you 18 years or older and living in Australia?
We are recruiting women to take part in an online interview to share their experience of living with gestational diabetes.
Participants receive a $50 voucher.
This study has received Deakin University ethics approval (reference number: 2023-110)

Research opportunity for people with type 2 diabetes, in Australia, with Vietnamese heritage
This Deakin survey asks questions about your diabetes beliefs and behaviours to improve future care.
Take part and enter a prize draw: $100 e-voucher.

Do you live in Melbourne and have type 2 diabetes?
We are conducting a study with the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, La Trobe University, Centre for Eye Research Australia and Monash University to understand more about type 2 diabetes and its complications.
Whether you have had diabetes for a short or a long time; whether you are doing well or have problems with diabetes, you can be an important part of this study.
To be informed of future research projects, please register your interest below. You can also sign up to our monthly e-newsletter or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.