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David Matthews is the Emeritus Founding Chairman of OCDEM and Professor of Diabetic Medicine at the University of Oxford, past NIHR Senior Investigator and Founding Director of the Oxford Health Alliance. He is currently Dean of Harris Manchester College, Oxford. He chaired the EASD/ADA group that produced the international guidelines on the treatment of type 2 diabetes – both in 2012 and in 2015.

His research interests include personalised medicine, the aetiopathology and treatment of type 2 diabetes, modelling of insulin resistance, the incretin axis and glucagon-like peptide-1, pulsatile insulin secretion, and the global obesity epidemic. He previously gave the Banting Memorial Lecture at Diabetes UK (‘Type 2 diabetes: the Black Death of the 21st century’). He has authored more than 300 academic peer-reviewed publications and sits on the editorial board of several professional journals.

Major trial results over the least 3 years have demonstrated the promise of SGLT2 inhibitor therapy for cardiovascular, cardiovascular and heart failure outcomes in diabetes. Professor Matthews is co-chair of the CANVAS and CANVAS-R trials of the SGLT2 inhibitor, canagliflozin, and he will discuss the CANVAS program, and its results in this seminar.

Forthcoming events

Changing the face of trials of medical procedures

Tuesday, 05 November 2024, 1pm to 2pm @ Richard Doll Lecture Theatre, Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Headington, OX3 7LF

mRNA vaccines and paediatric RSV

Monday, 11 November 2024, 1pm to 2pm @ BDI/OxPop Building LG seminar room

Festival of Global Health - Human Forever

Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 4pm to 8pm @ Curzon Oxford, Westgate Shopping Centre, Oxford OX1 1NZ

Fake vaccines: The problem - and finding solutions

Monday, 18 November 2024, 1pm to 2pm @ BDI/OxPop Building LG seminar rooms

The potential of vaccination to prevent congenital CMV

Monday, 25 November 2024, 1pm to 2pm @ BDI/OxPop Building LG seminar rooms

Cross-species MAIT cell immune responses

Monday, 02 December 2024, 1pm to 2pm @ BDI/OxPop Building LG seminar rooms