Chair

Jane Speight, MSc PhD CPsychol FBPsS

Foundation Director: Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes, Diabetes Victoria; Professor of Behavioural and Social Research in Diabetes, Deakin University

📍 Melbourne, Australia
Email: jspeight@acbrd.org.au
Twitter: @janespeight @ACBRD
Bio: https://acbrd.org.au/jane-speight/

ORCID: 0000-0002-1204-6896

Vice-Chair

Jackie Sturt, PhD

Professor of Behavioural Medicine in Nursing and Faculty Lead for Research Mentorship: Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, Kings College London.

📍 London, United Kingdom
Email: jackie.sturt@kcl.ac.uk
Twitter: @jackie_sturt
Bio: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/jackie-sturt

ORCID: 0000-0003-1281-1401

Honorary Secretary

Mariam Asaad, RN, MRes

PhD Candidate, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery, and Palliative Care, King’s College London.

📍 London, United Kingdom
Email: info@psadgroup.org
Twitter: @Type1s @MmasaadMariam
ORCID: 0000-0001-9849-7147

Honorary Co-Treasurer

Amani Al Bayrakdar, PhD

Lecturer in Nursing, School of Health and Social Care, Edinburgh Napier University

📍 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Email: a.albayrakdar@napier.ac.uk
ORCID: 0000-0002-7303-870X
Twitter: @amanibayrakdar

Honorary Co-Treasurer

Jörg Huber, PhD, Associate Fellow BPsS, FRSPH

Professor of Health Sciences, School of Education, Sport and Health Sciences, University of Brighton

📍 Brighton, United Kingdom
Email: j.huber@brighton.ac.uk
ORCID: 0000-0002-4446-5745
Bluesky: @huberjoerg.bsky.social

Membership Officer

Bryan Cleal, MSc PhD

Senior Researcher Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

📍 Copenhagen, Denmark
Email: bcle0007@regionh.dk
Twitter: @cleal_bryan
ORCID: 0000-0003-3065-7364

Lived Experience Lead

Lucía Feito Allonca, LLB

Affiliate, Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care; Commissioner, The Lancet Global Health Commission on Primary Health Care for UHC; Global Advisor, Our Views, Our Voices – NCD Alliance

📍 Asturias, Spain
Email: falucy9@gmail.com
Bluesky: @glucomundo.bsky.social
Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luciafeitoallonca/

ECR Working Group Co-Chair

Mandy Jansen, BA MSc

PhD Candidate, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital and Radboud University Medical Center

📍 Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Email: mandy.jansen@cwz.nl
ORCID: 0000-0002-1837-3177

ECR Working Group Co-Chair

Eloise Litterbach, BSc(Hons) PhD

Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes

📍 Melbourne, Australia
Email: e.litterbach@acbrd.org.au
ORCID: 0000-0002-4618-1068

ECR Working Group Co-Chair

Theresa Mohr, MSc

PhD candidate, Amsterdam University Medical Centre

📍 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Email: t.c.mohr@amsterdamumc.nl
ORCID: 0009-0000-7454-5239

MCR Working Group Chair

Giesje Nefs, PhD

Assistant Professor, Radboudumc (Nijmegen); Psychologist, Diabeter and Diabeter Centrum Amsterdam (Amsterdam); Senior researcher, Tilburg University (Tilburg)

📍 The Netherlands
Email: Giesje.Nefs@radboudumc.nl
ORCID: 0000-0002-8772-740X

Clinical Working Group Chair

Andreia Mocan, PhD

Clinical psychologist, Center for Diabetes, Nutrition, and Metabolic Diseases, County Hospital, Cluj.

📍 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Email: andreiamocan@gmail.com

Website Content & Development Lead

Karen Pearce, BSc(Hons) GDipSciComm MPH

PhD candidate, Deakin University and Coventry University, Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes

📍 Coventry, United Kingdom
Email: kpearce@research.deakin.edu.au
ORCID: 0000-0002-9434-3877