Maria Craig MBBS, PhD, FRACP, MMed

Maria Craig's major research interest is childhood diabetes, including studies focused on the prediction and prevention of type 1 diabetes. He has a major interest in the association between viruses and types 1 diabetes, in collaboration with the Virology Research Group at POWH, headed by Professor Bill Rawlinson. Together, they lead the viral theme for the multicentre ENDIA study (endia.org.au). He is a principal investigator for the CoRD trial - a world-first phase 1 study using autologous cord blood for the prevention of type 1 diabetes in children with islet autoimmunity. He is a principal investigator for the Australasian Diabetes Data Network (ADDN - addn.org.au). Other research interests include the epidemiology of childhood diabetes (type 1, type 2, cystic fibrosis-related diabetes, and monogenic diabetes) and diabetes complications, in collaboration with Prof Kim Donaghue at the Children's Hospital at Westmead.