Kellion Award Winner 2010

Prof Dennis Yue

Prof Dennis Yue and team.Professor Dennis Yue is Professor in Medicine and the Kellion Professor of Endocrinology at the University of Sydney.  He is Head of Department of Endocrinology and Director of Diabetes of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.  He is also Director of Diabetes of the Sydney South West Area Health Service (Eastern Zone).   

Professor Yue completed his medical undergraduate training at the University of Sydney and was awarded a PhD in 1977. He became a Fellow of the Nuffield Foundation and conducted post-graduate research at the Cambridge University. His main research interests are in the area of diabetic complications, especially in relation to diabetic neuropathy, diabetic foot disease and diabetic renal disease.  He is also interested in developing a multi-disciplinary approach (see picture of his team) for the treatment of diabetes. He was also a recipient of the Millennium Award of Diabetes Australia and the Dintenfass Medal of the Rebecca Cooper Foundation for research in diabetes.

Download Prof Yue's Kellion Award presentation.