Alan Sinclair (scientist)

Professor Alan J Sinclair (born 1952) is a clinical scientist and diabetes specialist from Newcastle-under-Lyme, England.

Early life

He was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme and was a pupil at Newcastle High School where he played rugby and cricket for the school, which he left in 1972

Education

Sinclair was a graduate of the University of London where he completed his Bachelor of Science degree with first class honours in biochemistry at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College in 1976 and then obtained MBBS medical degrees at the same institution in 1979. He was later awarded his doctorate (MD) in London in 1992 in and his Master of Medicine degree in 1993 at the University of Sydney, Australia. He became Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1995.

Career and research

Sinclair has held full/honorary clinical professorial appointments in Birmingham, Warwick, Bedfordshire and Aston. He established the Institute of Diabetes for Older People (IDOP) in 1998 in Bedfordshire, and in 2014, set up Diabetes Frail Ltd.[1] His key research has centred on diabetes in older people, frailty, and sarcopaenia.

In 2001, Sinclair became Chair of the European Diabetes Working Party for Older People (EDWPOP), which later published the first European guidelines in diabetes care for older people.[2] Between 2010 and 2013, Sinclair was National Clinical Lead for Diabetes in Older People at NHS Diabetes (Department of Health).[3]

In 2013, he was awarded the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) Presidential Medal for services to diabetes and older people.[4] In 2014, he co-chaired the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Working Party that later produced the first international diabetes guidance in those who are frail or demented.[5]

He was appointed to the WHO Expert Group on Frailty in 2015 and later provided peer review support to a World Report on Ageing and Health by the WHO.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Diabetes Frail". www.diabetesfrail.org. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Diabetes Frail". www.diabet-metabolism.com. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Older people network national meeting". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130802094446/http://www.diabetes.nhs.uk. 20 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Diabetes professor gets top award". www.beds.ac.uk. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "IDF global guideline for managing older people type 2 diabetes". idf.org. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "WHO report on ageing and health" (PDF). ageinternational.org.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
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