Prof AJ Jenkins

@Prof_AJ_Jenkins

Diabetes Dr + Scientist, Advocate for diabetes + heart health, President Insulin For Life Global, IFL Aust Board, IDF WPR Chair 2025-2027

Melbourne, VIC, AUSTRALIA

Joined May 2020

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Prof AJ Jenkins@Prof_AJ_Jenkins · Jul 26

Great to have collaborators Prof Tunde Peto and Prof Imre Lengyel visiting us at the Baker this week from Queens Uni Belfast. Ongoing and new collaborations planned. Thank you.

Prof_AJ_Jenkins's tweet image. Great to have collaborators Prof Tunde Peto and Prof Imre Lengyel visiting us at the Baker this week from Queens Uni Belfast. Ongoing and new collaborations planned. Thank you.

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Prof AJ Jenkins@Prof_AJ_Jenkins · Jul 19

Type 1 diabetes – healthcare strategies for older people medicinetoday.com.au/mt/2024/june/r…

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Dr.V.Mohan@drmohanv · Jul 17

Our invited review article on prediabetes published in Nature Reviews Disease Primer today. Great pleasure to work with Dr. Jonathan E Shaw, Dr. Juliana C. N. Chan, Dr. Sarah H, Dr. Anne L. Peters, Dr. Sharon Orrange, Dr. Michael Roden and Dr. Ranjit Unnikrishnan. To read the…

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Prof AJ Jenkins@Prof_AJ_Jenkins · Jul 18

Our review article re diabetes related cardiomyopathy free via this link for 50 days. Thanks all coauthors. urldefense.com/v3/__https://k…$

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Prof AJ Jenkins@Prof_AJ_Jenkins · Jul 16

Thanks Prof Jonathan Shaw for a great lecture about progress in diabetes care and research for Diabetes Week 2025

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Baker Institute@BakerResearchAu · Jul 14

It's National Diabetes Week and endocrinologist Dr Natalie Nanayakkara joined @DrRossWalker on Healthy Living to talk GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Mounjaro & Wegovy, including how they work, their history, benefits, risks, and why they matter. Tune in at 1:09 2gb.com/show/healthy-l…

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Prof AJ Jenkins@Prof_AJ_Jenkins · Jul 11

Our 18-year #HAPO study showed maternal glucose-offspring outcome continuous relationships, suggesting monitoring across the glycaemic spectrum, not just #GDM thresholds. Thanks to my supervisor @DrRonaldMa1’s guidance, and Prof. Tam & Prof. Wang for co-leading HAPO! #pregnancy

DDiabetologia@DiabetologiaJnl · Jul 10

Study following mother-child pairs for 18 years, showing maternal glucose levels during #pregnancy associate with offspring’s #metabolic health into young adulthood. @dengyuzhi0104 @DrRonaldMa1 @CUHKMedicine @CuhkObg #DiabetesResearch #T2D #GDM link.springer.com/article/10.100… 🔓

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Prof AJ Jenkins@Prof_AJ_Jenkins · Jul 11

Important work for advocacy and health care system planning so great health outcomes and productivity are achieved. Thank you for this important research.

DDr Ronald Ma@DrRonaldMa1 · Jul 10

Productivity and economic losses due to diabetes in Hong Kong. This is particularly important with increasing young-onset diabetes

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The BMJ@bmj_latest · Jul 8

Lived experience: from intention to global action. Time to see lived experience as expertise, and make inclusive engagement business as usual, say @WalkSquawks Mark Barone, and @HangryPancreas #BMJEditorial bmj.com/content/390/bm… @WHO

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Prof AJ Jenkins@Prof_AJ_Jenkins · Jul 4

It’s on now. Great speakers and EMCR contributions and networking. Thanks all organisers, sponsors, presenters and attendees.

Prof_AJ_Jenkins's tweet image. It’s on now. Great speakers and EMCR contributions and networking. Thanks all organisers, sponsors, presenters and attendees.

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Prof AJ Jenkins@Prof_AJ_Jenkins · Jul 1

Diabetes advocacy in the Asia–Pacific region - Kodani - 2025 - Journal of Diabetes Investigation - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jd…. Pleased to be part of this important endeavour. Please read - it’s free - and help how you can.

Prof_AJ_Jenkins's tweet card. Advocacy efforts to reduce the burdens of people with diabetes are growing. However, the situation varies significantly across countries and in our Asia–Pacific region. Through mutual understanding...

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Diabetologia@DiabetologiaJnl · Jun 23

.@dengyuzhi0104 @CuhkObg @DrRonaldMa1 @CUHKMedicine examined adiposity trajectory and found maternal overweight and #GDM are independently and jointly associated with rapidly increasing offspring adiposity trajectories from birth to early adolescence link.springer.com/article/10.100…🔓

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The Lancet@TheLancet · Jun 27

Early-onset type 2 diabetes remains under-researched and undertreated. In our new issue, our Editorial highlights the need for strong public health action to address the growing burden of early-onset type 2 diabetes worldwide. Read this & more ▶️ hubs.ly/Q03t-Rjr0

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Baker Institute@BakerResearchAu · May 4

Type one diabetes is commonly associated with children & young people but our research shows this is changing in some countries. This research features in the latest edition of Diabetic Living magazine, which we're pleased to share with you. baker.edu.au/news/institute…

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Prof AJ Jenkins@Prof_AJ_Jenkins · Jun 21

Online tool for cross‐sectional and longitudinal comparison of socio‐economic status indices based on postcodes in Australia - Januszewski - Internal Medicine Journal - Wiley Online Library. Free tool onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/im…

Prof AJ Jenkins@Prof_AJ_Jenkins · Jun 20

A microRNA-based dynamic risk score for type 1 diabetes pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40473952/

Prof_AJ_Jenkins's tweet card. Identifying individuals at high risk of type 1 diabetes (T1D) is crucial as disease-delaying medications are available. Here we report a microRNA (miRNA)-based dynamic (responsive to the environment)...

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Prof AJ Jenkins@Prof_AJ_Jenkins · Jun 20

Prof AJ Jenkins@Prof_AJ_Jenkins · Jun 20

Thanks you Baker Equipment Committee for the grant to purchase a new desktop centrifuge. 🙏Well done Michael + Jessie on the successful application. Thanks all donors. 🙏This will help us in many research projects for many years + in training new researchers.

Prof_AJ_Jenkins's tweet image. Thanks you Baker Equipment Committee for the grant to purchase a new desktop centrifuge. 🙏Well done Michael + Jessie on the successful application. Thanks all donors. 🙏This will help us in many research projects for many years + in training new researchers.

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Prof AJ Jenkins@Prof_AJ_Jenkins · Jun 20

Pleased to be part of this study and ongoing research as an investigator at St Vincent’s and Baker. Looking forward to results of next study phase. Thanks to all trial participants and trial site teams and industry.

Prof_AJ_Jenkins's tweet image. Pleased to be part of this study and ongoing research as an investigator at St Vincent’s and Baker. Looking forward to results of next study phase. Thanks to all trial participants and trial site teams and industry.

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Prof AJ Jenkins@Prof_AJ_Jenkins · Jun 20

Well done KY in his 2 week training program with us at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute. Safe trip home and great onward studies.

Prof_AJ_Jenkins's tweet image. Well done KY in his 2 week training program with us at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute. Safe trip home and great onward studies.