Dr. Nimantha De Alwis, MD, Ph.D. is a Research Associate at The Newcastle University. He received a medical degree from The Post Graduate Institute of Medicine University of Colombo. His research interests are Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetes, Insulin Resistance, Metabolism, Glucose Metabolism, Metabolic Diseases, Clinical Endocrinology, Nutrition, Metabolic Endocrinology, Abdominal Obesity.