Rebecca Simmons, PhD - United Kingdom

The purpose of my Visiting Professorship is to extend and develop novel collaborative research projects between Aarhus University, Steno Diabetes Centre and the University of Cambridge on the topic of screening and early treatment for type 2 diabetes. I will initially use the ADDITION-Denmark study as the basis for three related research projects, as well as developing novel research questions using different data sources.

In particular, I am interested in comparing cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes among individuals who were invited to take part in the ADDITION-Denmark diabetes screening programme between 2001 and 2006 with those in the Danish population who were not invited for screening.

I will also explore variation between general practices in prescription of glucose-lowering treatment and examine the association between the "time spent outside risk factor targets" and CVD outcomes in the ADDITION-Denmark cohort.