Professor Paul Zimmet AO
Director Emeritus and Director of International Research
Paul Zimmet pioneered Australia’s first Institute dedicated exclusively to diabetes and became the Foundation Director when the International Diabetes Institute opened in 1984. He was appointed to the Chair of Diabetes at Monash University in 1989.
Professor Paul Zimmet holds the following positions:
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Director Emeritus and Director of International Research, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Professor (Hon) Monash University
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Professor (Adjunct) University of Pittsburgh (USA)
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Professor (Hon) Deakin University, Victoria
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Head, WHO Collaborating Centre for the Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus.
His research in Australian, Pacific and Indian Ocean populations has highlighted the rise and rise of diabetes worldwide, providing new insights into the genetic and environmental determinants of type 2 diabetes. His advocacy has brought attention to the national and global epidemic of diabetes. He led the team that carried out the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab), the first ever national diabetes and obesity study in Australia, in 2000. He has published over 650 scientific papers, chapters and reviews in peer-reviewed journals and books. He is co-editor of the widely used text on diabetes - International Textbook of Diabetes Mellitus and is also co-editor of The Epidemiology of Diabetes.
Qualifications
| Title | University |
| FRACP FRCP (London) | London |
| FACE FACN FAFPHM FTSE Honoris Doctoris Causa | Complutense, Spain |
Awards / Honours
| Award/Honours | Association |
| Annie Cunning Lecture | Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
| Kelly West Medal | American Diabetes Association (ADA) |
| Eli Lilly Award | IDF |
| AM Cohen Award Lecture | EASD |
| Inaurgural Peter Bennett Diabetes Epidemiology Award for outstanding contributions to research on the epidemiology of diabetes | International Diabetes Epidemiology Group |
| Harold Rifkin Award | ADA |
| Kellion Award | Australian Diabetes Society |
| UNESCO / Mehnert / German Diabetes Union Award | EASD |
| Banting Award | Diabetes UK |
| Charles Best Award & Oration | Canada |
| Global Novartis award for longstanding contributions in the field of Diabetes | |
| Order of Australia (AM) 1993 | |
| Order of Australia (AO) 2001 for services to medical research of national and international significance, particularly in the field of diabetes, as a leader of investigations into social, nutritional and lifestyle diseases, and to biotechnology development in Australia. |
