Chairman Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
Professor David Matthews is Professor of Diabetes Medicine, chairman of the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism and a tutorial fellow of Harris Manchester College Oxford. He divides his time between research, teaching and clinical care.
Professor Matthews is active in research, clinical practice and teaching, and thus symbolises in his own work the motto of the centre he heads, which is predicated on integrating these disciplines in the study of diabetes, metabolism and endocrine disorders. He is a well-known clinician in diabetes medicine; he plays an active role in assessing the impact of diabetes in society and holds a Wellcome Trust grant undertaking the oral history of diabetes. He is part of the DAWN advisory boards, which has undertaken a wide survey of the impact of diabetes in society.