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Residents of rural areas internationally typically experience chronic disease risk profiles worse than city dwellers. Poor diet, a key driver of chronic disease, has been associated with unhealthy food environments, and rural areas often experience limited access to healthy, fresh and affordable food.

In clinical genetics, establishing an accurate nosology requires analysis of variations in both aetiology and the resulting phenotypes. At the phenotypic level, recognising typical facial gestalts has long supported clinical and molecular diagnosis; however, the objective analysis of facial phenotypic variation remains underdeveloped.

This resource will allow researchers to carry out studies which will look at the genetic causes of excessive weight gain and identify biomarkers

The Obesity Database records the characteristics and medical complications of children with obesity who present to treatment at Princess Margaret Hospital

This register was established at Princess Margaret Hospital in 1987 which stores data on all consenting patients attending the hospital’s diabetes clinic.

The Serum & Plasma bank was established to provide a store of samples from subjects with diabetes as well as their families.

Collecting DNA samples from Australian families affected by diabetes.

The year 2013 saw the progress in our research from purely lab-based studies towards taking a step closer to translational research.

We are studying exercise in young people with T2DM and obese young people at risk of developing type 2 diabetes

Investigating the incidence of childhood Type 2 Diabetes in the Western Australian community