Richard David Graham Leslie is Professor of Diabetes and Autoimmunity at the Barts and the London School of Medicine and the Blizard Institute, University of London. He has published 12 books and more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and received grants from many agencies including the EU, Wellcome Trust and MRC. In 2012 He was elected President of the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland. His research is based on the use of cutting-edge technology applied to unique cohorts (e.g. twins and adult onset autoimmune diabetes patients) to define the nature and origins of type 1 diabetes. These results led to work as Principle Investigator of three major EU
programmes (EXALT, BLUEPRINT and Action LADA). He has held Visiting Chairs in USA (Chicago and Kansas) and Europe (Rome) and he his an Emeritus Professor in China (Central South University). He was Senior Examiner Chinese University Hong Kong in 2013 and he is currently the founding Chairman of T1DUK, a UK consortium of leading UK researchers set up to investigate and prevent type 1 diabetes. Notable awards include: a Medical Research Council Travelling Fellowship to USA, and Welcome Trust Senior Fellowship in Clinical Science. He was co-author of an award-winning textbook (BMA Book of the Year Award 2009), Co-Editor of Diabetes Metab. Res. Rev., Reviews Editor of Diabetic Medicine and served on the Editorial Board of Diabetes Care.