David Dunger PhD

David Dunger is Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Cambridge. He received his training in paediatric diabetes and endocrinology at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street. Subsequently he moved to Oxford where he built on the legacy of David Baum developing a high quality and research based diabetes service. In 2000 he took up a Chair in Paediatrics at University of Cambridge.He is a Faculty member of the Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science and Clinical Lead of the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit.
His particular research interests include the physiological and psychological determinants of glycaemic control in adolescents with Type 1 diabetes. His studies identified a critical role for the growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor 1 axis in determining insulin requirements, glycaemic control and potential risk of early complications during adolescence.
David is the recipient of several research awards: Nabarro medal awarded by the IDF; the Research Award of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology; Andrea Prader Prize from the European Society for Paediatrics Endocrinology; and the James Spence Medal. He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Science and an NIHR Senior Investigator.