Juliana Cn Chan

Biography

Professor Chan is a clinician scientist committed to translate evidence to practice and develop novel solutions for unmet needs. In the early 1990s, motivated by the observation of high prevalence of young-onset type 2 diabetes and renal disease, she set up the Hong Kong Diabetes Registry and multiple cohorts to define the epidemiology of diabetes in Chinese populations. These prospective cohorts have laid the foundation for an overarching program to use a multiomic approach to discover genetic variants of diabetes and its complications for personalized care. She is currently a member of an NIH funded Global Consortium to discover causal genes in type 2 diabetes in a multi-ethnic population. Being one of the first Asian investigators involved in large scale multicenter studies in diabetes since 1990s, she has established the CUHK Diabetes Clinical Trial Centre which is one of the most active units in the region. She is a steering committee member of multicenter clinical trials including the ORIENT, EASIE, EXSCEL, ACE to study the effects of novel compounds on clinical outcomes in diabetes. Inspired by the low event rates within a clinical trial setting, in 2007, she founded the Asia Diabetes Foundation to develop the first web-based Joint Asia Diabetes Evaluation (JADE) Program which uses logistics, collaborative care and information technology to promote quality improvement and collaborative research, now implemented in 11 Asian countries. Professor Chan is a clinician scientist committed to translate evidence to practice and develop novel solutions for unmet needs. In the early 1990s, motivated by the observation of high prevalence of young-onset type 2 diabetes and renal disease, she set up the Hong Kong Diabetes Registry and multiple cohorts to define the epidemiology of diabetes in Chinese populations. These prospective cohorts have laid the foundation for an overarching program to use a multiomic approach to discover genetic variants of diabetes and its complications for personalized care. She is currently a member of an NIH funded Global Consortium to discover causal genes in type 2 diabetes in a multi-ethnic population. Being one of the first Asian investigators involved in large scale multicenter studies in diabetes since 1990s, she has established the CUHK Diabetes Clinical Trial Centre which is one of the most active units in the region. She is a steering committee member of multicenter clinical trials including the ORIENT, EASIE, EXSCEL, ACE to study the effects of novel compounds on clinical outcomes in diabetes. Inspired by the low event rates within a clinical trial setting, in 2007, she founded the Asia Diabetes Foundation to develop the first web-based Joint Asia Diabetes Evaluation (JADE) Program which uses logistics, collaborative care and information technology to promote quality improvement and collaborative research, now implemented in 11 Asian countries.

Research Interest

Diabetes and Alcohol Diabetes and Weight Loss Diabetes Cholestrol Diabetes for Dummies Diabetes Lipid Metabolism