Diabetes & COVID-19

Dr Rachel Sutherland interviews Prof Mark Strachan. For our first episode, Vice-Chair for Career and Communications, Dr Rachel Sutherland interviews Professor Mark Strachan, Consultant Physician in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Acute Medicine at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh and Honorary Professor of the University of Edinburgh. Professor Strachan's major research interest is in cognitive impairment in Type 2 diabetes and he is one of the principal investigators of the Edinburgh Type 2 Diabetes Study. He has published over 100 original articles and book chapters. Professor Strachan and Dr Sutherland discuss the impact COVID-19 has on diabetes patients. Due to the rapidly changing nature of scientific understanding and clinical practice regarding COVID-19, information here may no longer be accurate. It remains available for historical interest. Recording date: 24 March 2020