معرفی
Professor Shareen Forbes is a faculty member at the University of Edinburgh, holding the Professor of Diabetic Medicine position. She serves as the Lead Physician for the Islet Transplant Programme Scotland and is a Visiting Professor at the Edmonton Islet Transplant Programme, University of Alberta. Her research focuses on the pathogenesis of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, beta cell dysregulation, and clinical islet transplantation, with collaborations extending to institutions like the University of Alberta, Heriot-Watt University, and the UK Regenerative Medicine Platform.
- Key affiliations: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCP), Scottish Care Information – Diabetes Collaboration, UK Islet Transplant Consortium.
- Research spans both clinical and basic science, including the development of the internationally adopted BETA-2 score for islet graft function assessment.
Scientific Awards
- Diabetes UK Clinical Intermediate Fellowship (2009)
- Impact Award by University of Edinburgh (2021)
- Cell therapy and regenerative medicine for diabetes
- Diabetes complications and their response to therapies
- Mechanisms of islet graft loss and engraftment improvements
- Insulin and glucagon secretion dynamics
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