Gurmeet Singh
Senior research fellow and director of Life Course
Medicine
Menzies School of Health Research
Australia
Biography
Dr Gurmeet Singh is the director of the life course studies and recently obtained $2.2 million to conduct the next follow-up of the Aboriginal Birth Cohort (ABC), the longest and largest Aboriginal Cohort in Australia. She has dedicated over 18 years to Indigenous health in both paediatric medicine and health research capacity in the Northern Territory (NT). Her area of interest is the relationship of early life factors to later health and chronic disease, particularly renal disease. Gurmeet has been an integral part of the ABC for the past 16 years with involvement in all aspects of the study. She has been influential in forming national and international collaborations and is committed to using the study data to inform policy to decrease chronic disease burden in Indigenous communities.
Research Interest
Complications of Hypoglycemia Diabetes and Alcohol Diabetes and Weight Loss Diabetes Cholestrol Diabetes for Dummies Diabetes Lipid Metabolism
