Handbook of Insulin Therapies (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783319109381)

Professor Melanie J Davies MB, ChB, MD, FRCP is an honorary Consultant Diabetologist at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK and is Professor of Diabetes Medicine at the University of Leicester. She trained in Sheffield and completed her training in Cambridge, Ipswich, and Leicester. Her research is focused around the cause of type 2 diabetes, screening and prevention of type 2 diabetes, self-management, structured education, insulin management (particularly in type 2 diabetes), and new anti-diabetics, including incretin-based therapies. Professor Davies has over 25 years of clinical experience and has published over 300 articles in high-impact journals, as well as over 350 published abstracts and 10 book chapters..

Janet Jarvis RN, BSc (Hons), MSc is a Nurse Research Fellow and Specialist Nurse at the Leicester Diabetes Centre at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. She has specialized in diabetes for 15 years and has been involved in major trials in diabetes prevention and screening. Her specialist research areas are patient education, microalbuminuria, and disease prevention. She is an associate clinical teacher at the University of Leicester and played a pivotal role in developing the MSc degree program in Diabetes.