Professor Juliana Chan was invited by The Lancet to co-chair The Lancet Commission on diabetes and to explore with members of the CUHK Diabetes Research Team and other international diabetes experts from different regions on diabetes trends in five years.

A large body of knowledge has been amassed over the past three decades about the causes and consequences of diabetes.  Many prevention strategies have been proven to be efficacious in controlled settings. The current challenge lies in translating these evidences into practices, and in identifying priorities for actions and knowledge gaps where data are lacking to guide practice and policy especially in low and middle income countries.

Professor Chan convened the Commission meetings respectively in Hong Kong, Melbourne, London, Abu Dhabi, Orlando and Berlin in the past three years, working with other commissioners from around the globe on four main themes on diabetes including disease burden, prevention, treatment and economics. The Commission discussed the research direction, analyzed the data collected, and published The Lancet Commission on diabetes: using data to transform diabetes care and patient lives on World Diabetes Day 2020.

Acknowledgments go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The Croucher Foundation, CUHK Faculty of Medicine and The Lancet in support of this Commission.