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Contact Details

Phone
64 4 918 6630
Email
jeremy.krebs@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor
Department
Department of Medicine (Wellington)
Qualifications
MBChB MD
Research summary
Diabetes

Research

Prof Jeremy Krebs is an Endocrinologist and Clinical Leader of Endocrinology and Diabetes at Capital and Coast District Health Board, where he heads the research group. He is also a Professor at the University of Otago, Wellington, and part of the Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre.

His MD thesis examined the association between obesity and insulin resistance, immersing him in both large intervention studies and small detailed physiological studies, using multiple techniques to measure body composition, insulin sensitivity, and other physiological parameters.

Jeremy continues to develop research projects in both areas, with a particular focus on the association between obesity and type 2 diabetes, both from an aetiology and management perspective.

Publications

Lao, C., Gurney, J., Stanley, J., Teng, A., Kuper-Hommel, M., Campbell, I., Krebs, J., Sika-Paotonu, D., Koea, J., Stairmand, J., & Lawrenson, R. (2025). Differences in systemic treatments for breast cancer between patients with and without diabetes. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1613), 67-78. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/ Journal - Research Article

Teng, A., Stanley, J., Krebs, J., Jackson, C. G. C. A., Koea, J., Scott, N., Sika-Paotonu, D., Stairmand, J., … Gurney, J. (2025). Projected increases in the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2020–2044. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1608), 94-106. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/ Journal - Research Article

Teng, A., Stanley, J., Lawrenson, R., Lao, C., Krebs, J., Koea, J., Sika-Paotonu, D., & Gurney, J. (2025). Co-occurence of cancer and diabetes in a high-income country: Age-period-cohort projections 2020-2024. Cancer Epidemiology, 94, 102723. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2024.102723 Journal - Research Article

Krebs, J. D., Parry-Strong, A., Braakhuis, A., Worthington, A., Merry, T. L., Gearry, R. B., … Weatherall, M., Davies, C., … Lithander, F. E. (2024). He Rourou Whai Painga: A collaborative community based research partnership testing the impact of a New Zealand Mediterranean dietary pattern on cardiometabolic health and wellbeing [Invited]. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of New Zealand (NSNZ) 58th Annual Conference: Kotahitanga. (pp. 23-24). Retrieved from https://www.nsnzconference.co.nz/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Krebs, J. D., Parry-Strong, A., Braakhuis, A., Worthington, A., Merry, T. L., Gearry, R. B., … Weatherall, M., Davies, C., … Lithander, F. E. (2024). A Mediterranean dietary pattern intervention does not improve cardiometabolic risk but does improve quality of life and body composition in an Aotearoa New Zealand population at increased cardiometabolic risk: A randomised controlled trial. Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/dom.16030 Journal - Research Article

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