EDOR postgraduate student Kate Campbell has been awarded the 2025 emerging researcher prize at the New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes (NZSSD) annual scientific meeting.
Associate Professor Andrew Reynolds, Co-Director of EDOR, is one of Kate's PhD supervisors. Together they are conducting the GluCoast research trial on the West Coast of the South Island – the NZSSD award includes $20,000 to spend on completing this doctoral research project.
Kate is also being supervised by EDOR researcher Dr Meredith Peddie from the Department of Human Nutrition, and Dr Ella Iosua from the Biostatistics Centre, University of Otago.
The GluCoast study is a clinical trial designed to find out how two different dietary approaches (or ways of eat
ing) affect blood glucose control in people with type 2 diabetes. Previous work by Associate Professor Reynolds and others has shown that changes in diet can help manage this disease.
Those living in less populated areas of Aotearoa New Zealand have fewer opportunities to participate in research. The GluCoast study will enable those living with type 2 diabetes on the West Coast to participate in an important study and to learn more about their own health.
*thumbnail photo shows Kate Campbell being presented with her award by the immediate past president of NZSSD, Associate Professor Rosemary Hall.
Find out more about the GluCoast study
GluCoast: Dietary strategies for glucose control in type 2 diabetes study, EDOR website research study page.