Clinical Fellowship

Institution:

Guy's, King's & St Thomas' School of Medicine

Recipient:

Dr Karen Anthony

Project:

Cerebral Insulin Resistance - a cause of dementia in diabetes?

Summary:

The purpose of Dr Anthony's (King's College Hospital) project was to examine brain insulin sensitivity in people with whole body insulin resistance (patients with Type 2 diabetes and their insulin resistant relatives).
In her final report she summarised by concluding that, when basal insulin is replaced, brain glucose uptake rises to a lesser extent in people with insulin resistance than in insulin sensitive volunteers.

Amount:

£120,000