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Mark E. Cooper

Mark E. Cooper MBBS, FRACP, PhD, GAICD

Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Prof Mark Cooper AO is Head of the recently formed (1 January 2017) Diabetes Department in the Central Clinical School at Monash University. He was formerly Chief Scientific Officer, at Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, and maintains an active clinical practice at The Alfred as a senior endocrinologist. Professor Cooper's research interests are in diabetes and its three major complications: kidney disease, heart disease, and blindness.

Professor Cooper has received many awards and is an eminent researcher in the field of diabetes and its complications. His work has profoundly improved our understanding of this disease and has been of direct benefit to millions of sufferers around the world. His distinguished body of research has led to new treatments for sufferers of diabetes that are today considered standard. He has played a key role in translating exciting discoveries in the laboratory to clinical care with seminal studies defining various treatment strategies to reduce the burden of diabetic complications.
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