RESEARCH. TRANSLATION. PREVENTION.

Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute is an independent, internationally renowned medical research facility. Our work extends from the laboratory to wide-scale community studies with a focus on diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

The global health epidemic... Someone should do something!

You are invited to a special public forum to hear from an esteemed international panel about the opportunities and challenges of tackling the global health epidemic.

Delivering world-class diabetes care and education

Baker IDI's Specialist Diabetes Clinic in Melbourne provides highly advanced treatment and services for people with diabetes and is one of the largest dedicated facilities of its kind.

Kilimanjaro Climb For Heart Disease and Diabetes

Have a life-changing experience and help improve the lives of people affected by heart disease and diabetes

Your guide to Type 2 Diabetes

Baker IDI Clinician and Researcher, Prof. Merlin Thomas has written a guide to help people manage their diabetes. The book (RRP $29.99) is now available in book stores and major retailers, as well as via the online store on our website.

Support Our Latest Appeal

Stop today’s children from dying younger than their parents – support our latest diabetes research.

Victoria Fellowship for work on heart attack care

Baker IDI PhD scholar, Dion Stub, has been awarded a prestigious Victoria Fellowship to investigate new ways of managing people with cardiac arrest and heart attack.

LINK BETWEEN DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE

Baker IDI Researcher, Dr Andrew Murphy, has been awarded a prestigious Viertel Post Doctoral Fellowship in Diabetes for his work investigating why three out of four people with diabetes die from heart disease.

Test your type 2 diabetes risk online

You can have type 2 diabetes and not know it because there may be no obvious symptoms. Test your risk with the Australian Online Type 2 Diabetes Risk Assessment Tool.