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 Treasurer

Debbie Cooke, PhD

Postgraduate Research Director, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, University of Surrey.

📍 Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
Email: d.cooke@surrey.ac.uk
Bio: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/debbie-cooke
ORCID: 0000-0003-1944-7905

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

Website Content & Development Chair

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

ECR Working Group Co-Chair

Amy McInerney, BA, MSc

PhD Candidate, The PATH lab, School of Psychology, University College Dublin

📍 Dublin, Ireland
Email: amy.mcinerney@ucdconnect.ie
Twitter: @AmyMcinerney1
Bio: https://ucdpathlab.com/people/#amy-bio
ORCID: 0000-0002-1576-1801

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

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