Melanie J. Davies CBE, MB ChB, MD, FRCP, FRCGP, FMedSci
Professor of Diabetes Medicine, Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, United KingdomMelanie Davies is Professor of Diabetes Medicine at the University of Leicester and an Honorary Consultant Diabetologist at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. She is the Co-Director of the Leicester Diabetes Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
Professor Davies’ research interests include the causes, screening, prevention, self-management and treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.She is a National Institute for Health Research Senior Investigator Emeritus and Director of the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre and co-chair of EASD/ADA’s Consensus Report on T2DM Management.
Professor Davies has published over 910 original articles and has over £100M of grant funding. She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 2016 New Year’s Honour’s List for services to diabetes research.
Disclosures
Professor Melanie Davies has acted as consultant, advisory board member and speaker for Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi, an advisory board member for Pfizer, and Zealand Pharma and a speaker and advisory board member for AstraZeneca. She has received grants from AstraZeneca, Novo Nordisk, Boehringer Ingelheim, Janssen and Sanofi-Aventis and Eli Lilly.