Researchers at University of West London would like to recruit people aged over 18 living with a long-term condition, including diabetes, to take part in a study to help them understand and improve the user experience of mobile health apps in hospital.

Taking part involves a10-minute online survey. Additionally, please contact the researcher if you are also interested in participating in the optional interview. 

Researchers at the University of Bristol would like to recruit people aged 12 to 25 with type 1 diabetes living in England and Wales and/or parents/guardians supporting young people living with type 1 diabetes in England and Wales to take part in an online one-to-one chat. This will help them to learn more about how the way that young people with type 1 diabetes eat and how their feelings about food may be affected by living with type 1 diabetes.

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Researchers at Our Future Health would like to recruit 5 million people aged 18 and over to take part in a new study designed to help researchers discover new ways to prevent, detect and treat common health conditions like diabetes, cancer, and dementia. 

It’s really important that young people and families have opportunities to take part in research. A portfolio of studies currently underway and looking to recruit people across the UK can be found on the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes website.

Families interested in taking part in any of the studies can contact the relevant research teams provided within the descriptions.

Researchers at the University of Essex would like to recruit people between the ages of 18 and 60 years old living with type 1 diabetes to take part in a study that is aiming to understand whether managing type 1 diabetes differs between men and women. This study also invite people with no history of diabetes to participate, as this could help researchers to confirm whether such gender differences are similar to the trend in the broader population without diabetes. 

Researchers at The University of Surrey would like to recruit women, aged 16+, living in the UK, with a diagnosis of Diabetes (any kind of diabetes or treatment) to take part in a study to find out more about women’s experience of talking about sexual health at diabetes check-ups.

Taking part involves completing an anonymous 15-20 minute study (using a computer or mobile phone).
People who complete the study are eligible for a prize draw for a £100 Amazon voucher

Researchers at Barts Health NHS Trust in London would like to recruit people aged 18–75 years living with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes (managed by diet, and not currently taking any diabetes medication such as metformin) to take part in a study. The aim of the study is to see how effective a daily fibre supplement could be as a tool to manage blood sugar levels at home, compared with their usual diet.

Researchers at University of Brighton would like to recruit people with any type of diabetes who currently have, or have had, foot ulcers to take part in a study looking at the r

Researchers at the University of Leicester are looking to recruit people aged 18-85, from ethnic minority backgrounds and living with type 2 diabetes, for a study on barriers to insulin treatment.

You may help researchers understand the barriers and facilitators to insulin therapy by sharing your experiences with being offered insulin and using insulin therapy. You don't necessarily have to be currently using insulin to take part in this study.