The ELSA Study is screening children (age 2-15) and young adults (age 16-17) for type 1 diabetes. Open to families living in the UK.
University of Birmingham
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Team Birmingham @unibirmingham at the inaugural @BreakthroughT1D Clinical and Research Congress
With colleagues from T1DRA and T1Early!
the ELSA study team will attend Oct 9th - 11th Breakthrough T1D Clinical and research congress Philadelphia. Breakthrough T1D Clinical & Research Congress (CRC 2026) @unibirmingham @parthnarendran @RenukaDias @Dr_LaurenQuinn @BT1DUK @BirminghamCRF
The 62nd Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) takes place in Milan, Italy, from September 28 to October 2, 2026. The event is hosted at the Allianz MiCo – Milan Convention Centre colin Dayan @unibirmingham will be attending
Enhancing Paediatric Diabetes Care NNF, Sheffield, UK invited speaker Dr Lauren Quinn @Dr_LaurenQuinn a dedicated one-day event for multidisciplinary healthcare professionals Paediatric Diabetes Care | Networking Forum @unibirmingham @parthnarendran @RenukaDias #T1D 🩸🔬🧬
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Hypo Awareness Week 2026
September 14-20
Hypo Awareness Week is an annual campaign helping healthcare professionals raise awareness and understanding of hypoglycaemia through practical resources and information.
Find out more at: buff.ly/CGkDr4N
#HSE #IntegratedCare
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Thank you to everyone who joined us at our Discovery Day in London this weekend.
It was wonderful to see so many people living with T1D in the same space - laughing, chatting and building genuine connections. Saturday was a real reminder of just how strong our community is! 💪
You all came together and shared your experiences, learned about the latest in T1D technology and research, and had honest conversations about what life with T1D really looks like.
Whether it was your first Discovery Day or you’ve joined us before, it was so lovely to see everyone supporting each other and reminding each other that nobody has to manage type 1 alone. 🤝
A huge thank you to our incredible volunteers and our amazing guest speakers, who helped make the day a success.
And finally, we couldn’t do this without the support of organisations like the Bukhman Foundation. Thank you for supporting our Community Engagement work. 💙
#GBDoc #DiscoveryDay #BreakthroughtT1D
ALT A person in a blue Breakthrough T1D T-shirt and a teddy bear mascot stand outside the Cheng Kin Ku Building with their arms raised.
ALT Two people sit on a stage at a Breakthrough T1D event during a live interview. A presentation slide behind them displays a photo and the name “Reece Parkinson.”
ALT Two photographs from a DJ workshop at a Type One Community Day event. Participants wear headphones and learn to use DJ decks with guidance from an instructor.
Sept 12th London Breakthrough T1D Discovery Day @JAPearsonLab presentation on immune therapies in T1D and will be running the interactive experiment too Get tickets for Breakthrough T1D Discovery Day: London 2026 @BT1DUK @unibirmingham @parthnarendran @RenukaDias
Sept 11th British Society for Immunology meeting: Signals and senses: external influences on the immune system | British Society for Immunology @JAPearsonLab speaking about how we can improve therapy success for T1D by considering what time of day may be best to give it
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Did you know type 1 diabetes (T1D) can begin developing years before symptoms appear?
T1D actually develops in stages. However, many people aren’t diagnosed until much later, often when they’re already very unwell.
Early detection is changing that, helping identify people at risk sooner and connect them with support earlier. 💙
Tap the link to learn more: bit.ly/4vMj5Jl
#EarlyDetection #GBDoc #BreakthroughT1D
ALT ‘What are the stages of T1D? Graphic explaining that type 1 diabetes can develop start to develop years before symptoms appear and progresses through three stages.
ALT Stage 1 of type 1 diabetes: no symptoms and normal blood glucose levels, but multiple autoantibodies are present in the blood, shown alongside a cyclist and antibody illustration. Stage 2 of type 1 diabetes: blood glucose levels begin to fluctuate, but no symptoms are present. Illustrated with two people sitting outdoors.
ALT Stage 3 of type 1 diabetes: symptoms develop, diagnosis is typically made, and insulin therapy begins. Illustrated with a person standing in a café.
ALT Person reading a booklet in a café. Graphic explains that early detection screening can identify people at risk of type 1 diabetes before symptoms appear.
(IDF-WPR) Congress as a joint congress with the Australasian Diabetes Congress (ADC) 2026 and Metabolic Diseases 2026 from Tuesday 18th to Friday 21st August 2026 Colin Dayan will be attending @unibirmingham IDF-WPR 2026 & ADC 2026 - Home
#ScreenForType1 #T1DEarlyDetection
How Heat Affects Insulin Behavior:
Faster Absorption:
Insulin Degradation
Dehydration Spikes
Protecting Insulin and Managing Levels:
Test More Often
Keep Insulin Cool
Avoid Hot Spots
Check Equipment
@DigiBeteUK @diabetes_chat @BT1DUK @DiabetesUK @DUK_research #DiabetesInTheHeat
Congrats from the ELSA study, to all students on your A level results! Your hard work and focus have paid off. For the 2026 entry cycle, @unibirmingham Medical School typically makes between 700 and 800 offers for its 5-year standard entry Medicine (A100) course #school 👩🎓🧑🎓📚
SLENDO 2026 Organized by Sri Lanka College of Endocrinologists Parth from the ELSA study UK @unibirmingham will be speaking about Technologies Shaping Diabetes Care 2026 - Diabetes: From Phenotype to Practice, Interpretation of Real Time CGM Data SLENDO 2026 @parthnarendran
It was a great privilege to attend fhe Mentorverse summer school today to recruit the next generation of student research champions!
Can’t wait to work with you all to bring research studies that matter to children and young people across the UK.
@MedicMentor1
@NIHR
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@elsadiabetes congratulations on this wonderful wonderful BBC Radio 4 health feature on #teplizumab & #t1dearlydetection !!!!
Everyone please listen!
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00300…
@RenukaDias @parthnarendran
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Diabetes Stories: Meet Leah
From Kildare
Diagnosed age 4
Year of Diagnosis 1999
Corporate Wellbeing Specialist & Performance Nutritionist
Thank u so much for sharing, Leah!
#T1D #IREDOC #NIDOC #SundayStory #Diabetic #DiabetesStory #HSE #DiabetesIreland
Dr Lauren Quinn is collaborating with Mentorverse: The Medic Mentor Summer School is a 5-day residential and mentoring program for students in Years 10-13 designed to help aspiring doctors navigate medical school applications #summerschool #university medicmentor.org/category/sum…
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Could the time an immunotherapy treatment is given make it more effective for people with type 1 diabetes?
That's the question Dr James Pearson and his team are exploring. Their research is investigating whether delivering treatment when protective immune cells (Tregs) are most 'awake' could improve its ability to slow or prevent the immune system from attacking insulin-producing cells.
It's an innovative approach that could help unlock more effective immunotherapies for type 1 diabetes.
Read more about the project here: bit.ly/49w2flG
@DiabetesUK
#Type1Diabetes #GBDoc #Type1DiabetesGrandChallenge
Throughout the Summer The ELSA Study offers risk screening for type 1 diabetes, for children and young adults aged 2-17 years. 👇 To take part
elsadiabetes.nhs.uk/taking-p…
@T1DRAdiabetes
are also screening 18-70 year olds t1dra.bristol.ac.uk/
#AutoimmuneScreening #EndDKA 🩸🔬🧬
East of England (CYP) Diabetes Games: Thank you so much to all the wonderful parents who came to say hello and shared how the ELSA study screening helped catch your child's type 1 diabetes early #T1DScreening #Diabetesgames2026 @BT1DUK @DiabetesUK eofediabetesnetwork.co.uk/
