Charles is a member of the Herts Valley clinical commissioning group diabetes clinical forum. He is a Life and Medical Sciences visiting lecturer at Hertfordshire University, and provides primary care practice based experience training to the school of pharmacy undergraduate students. He also provides diabetes specialist training to postgraduate healthcare professionals such as doctors, pharmacists and nurses etc. Charles is also an Associate of Education for Health UK
Charles is also an existing member of the UK diabetes expert panel IDEAL.
In his Consultant Pharmacist primary care and diabetes specialist role, he runs regular complex diabetes specific surgeries, and other routine long-term condition clinics such as asthma, hypertension and COPD clinics. He provides leadership, support, training and mentorship to other healthcare professionals especially in the area of general practice and diabetes specialist care professional development. Charles’s goal is to help create a world where diabetes can do no harm, fighting the good fight to reduce the human and economic burden of diabetes.
Hibbah Osei-Kwasi is a Lecturer in the School of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences in the field of Nutrition. She has a BSc in Community Nutrition from the University for Development Studies, Ghana. She then obtained a master’s degree in Nutrition and Rural Development from Ghent University, Belgium, and a PhD in Public Health Nutrition from the University of Sheffield. Prior to commencing her PhD, Hibbah worked as a Research Assistant at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ghana, where she was involved in various nutrition and intervention research.
Hibbah’s PhD project adopted a mixed method research approach to explore the determinants of dietary behaviour, dietary acculturation and household food insecurity among Ghanaians living in Europe.
After her PhD in 2017, she worked as a research associate on two global public health nutrition projects, and led the development of “The African urban food environment framework for creating healthy nutrition policy and interventions in urban Africa”.
Hibbah was then employed as a lecturer in Public Health Nutrition in the Department of Clinical Sciences and Nutrition at Chester University (2018-2019). Hibbah was awarded the prestigious AXA post-doctoral research fellowship at the University of Sheffield to explore culinary practices of African immigrant women in Greater Manchester and their readiness to prevent overweight/obesity (2019-2022).
Dr Harnovdeep Singh Bharaj is a Consultant Physician in General Medicine, Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and was formerly a clinical lecturer at the University of Manchester. Dr Bharaj pioneered the role of lay educator and diabetes support nurses for South Asians and developed a twilight multidisciplinary clinic for young people with diabetes and a nurse-led diabetes clinic; both initiatives improved access and reduced inequalities in health care delivery.
Dr Bharaj is a Member of the Greater Manchester Structured Patient Education Steering Group; a Member of the Diabetes UK Community Education Insight Advisory Group, and Chair of the North West Youth Diabetes Steering Group.
Dr Bharaj was awarded an MBE in January 2021 in recognition of his services to people with diabetes in the South Asian community
Rahab is a PhD Fellow within the Diabetes Team, Division of Care in Long Term Conditions in the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care at King’s college, London.
She has been working as a Diabetes Specialist Nurse at Weston General Hospital in North Somerset since 2015 and she is currently co-leading the diabetes nurses team.
Rahab has completed an MSc degree at King’s College in February 2021. The aim of her research was to explore the experience of sexual dysfunction in women with type 1 diabetes.
She was awarded a Doctoral Fellowship from the Foundation of European Nurses in Diabetes (FEND) and joined King’s College as a PhD fellow in September 2021. For her PhD topic, Rahab aims to develop a psychometric scale for the measurement of sexual dysfunction in women with Type 1 diabetes.
Scott Mackenzie is an academic foundation doctor in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has worked with MyWay Digital Health for a number of years to develop educational resources for people with diabetes and is passionate about improving the quality and accessible of diabetes patient education.
Tracey Flax is a Learning Technologist with MyWay Digital Health. Her primary dedication lies in advancing structured education and resources for individuals living with diabetes. With a profound passion for the intersection of healthcare, technology, and social equality, Tracey is committed to making a meaningful impact in these domains.
Kirsten Cumming is the Clinical Education Lead with MyWay Digital Health.
Kirsten studied Food Nutrition and Health at Abertay University. Her work with MyWay focuses on developing structured education and resources for people with diabetes. Her sister was diagnosed with Type 1 when she was 11 years old and after developing a number of complications, had a pancreas and kidney transplant 4 years ago.
Salma is a Consultant Dietitian working in the field of community health and wellbeing for over 20 years. Salma is interested in delivering diabetes care through digital platforms and is currently supporting the Northwest London Diabetes Transformation programme. She is also the co-author of the Carbs and Cals World Food Book. The first visual carbohydrate awareness resource for ethnic minority communities.
Alex has been Clinical Lead in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust since 2007; driving a process of modernisation from delivering general diabetes care to delivering high quality specialist care.
He is a core member of the diverse stakeholder team who designed and implemented an integrated Diabetes Service for Somerset. Alex is also a Diabetes UK Clinical Champion which is a development programme that drives improvement in diabetes care. Finally, he is Clinical Director for Integrated care; acting as an interface between the hospital and primary care during the South Somerset Vanguard programme – an ambitious project to re-design healthcare delivery.
Debbie is CEO and clinical lead at MWDH. She is a qualified consultant diabetologist and senior academic (University of Edinburgh – MBChB (Hons), BSc, PhD, Clin Ed Dip), a 2017–18 NHS Innovation Accelerator Fellow and one of nine 2019 UK Women in Innovation award winners.
Debbie is a national leader in diabetes artificial intelligence and an international leader in diabetes education. Previously, she was a health columnist for a national UK newspaper and TV doctor/presenter for STV. She has trained in business development through the Boston MIT Entrepreneurship programme, the Unlocking Ambition and Converge Challenge initiatives, and the University of Edinburgh AI Accelerator and has delivered more than £5m in innovation funding. Debbie has led MWDH since 2017, delivering a high-growth globally operating company with a best-in-class diabetes platform.
Lyn is a Diabetes Specialist Nurse (DSN) working in NHS Lanarkshire and is part of the MyWay Digital Health Education group. She has been a Registered General Nurse for 18 years and has specialised in Diabetes Nursing for over 14 years. Initially working in Diabetes Research in Lanarkshire and then as a DSN working in Glasgow, before taking a post in Secondary Care within Lanarkshire.
In addition to working in general diabetes clinics and delivering inpatient diabetes care, Lyn is a DAFNE (Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating) Educator and Specialises in Insulin Pump Therapy.
