Monogenic Diabetes Training Course 2026Info Location Contact More Info Event Information
DescriptionVirtual 2-day course on monogenic diabetes. We are pleased to announce that we will be running another Virtual Monogenic Diabetes Training Course in 2026: “Right Diagnosis, Right Treatment”, hosted by Professor Andrew Hattersley and Professor Maggie Shepherd. The course will be held online over two days on Monday 19th October and Tuesday 20th October 2026. The course will start at 09:00am - 15:15 GMT on both days. This training is aimed at consultants, specialist registrars (SpRs), and experienced diabetes specialist nurses (DSNs), and others interested in ensuring their patients have the correct diagnosis and treatment. It is designed to support clinicians in recognising and managing patients with MODY and other forms of monogenic diabetes. This is a virtual event, access links will be emailed out the week before the event
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ContactContact Information for the event: Feedback from delegates who have previously attended Monogenic Diabetes Training Course:
Invoice Request: Payment via credit/debit card online is preferred but if an invoice is needed for your registration fee please email a request to the Lucy Lofthouse MODYcourse@exeter.ac.uk
Cancellation policy: To cancel a registration, registrants must email a request to the Lucy Lofthouse MODYcourse@exeter.ac.uk before Friday 9th October 2026. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after 9th October 2026 except in exceptional circumstances.
More InformationMonogenic Diabetes Training Course “Right diagnosis, Right treatment” 19th – 20th October 2026
Day 1 – Monday 19th October Diagnosis and common forms of MODY
09.00 Registration (and option to meet the other delegates)
09.30 Welcome and Introduction: 5 min Prof Andrew Hattersley / Prof Maggie Shepherd 09.35 Plenary Lecture - Problems around diagnosis/misdiagnosis: 30 min Prof Andrew Hattersley 10.05 Discussion: 15 min 10.20 Break: 10 min 10.30 Aids to diagnosis: Probability calculator and Diabetes Diagnostic App: 15 min Dr Bev Shields 10.45 Discussion: 15 min 11.00 Break: 10 min 11.10 Aids to diagnosis: Antibodies, c-peptide and Type 1 Genetic Risk Score: 30 min Dr Tim McDonald 11.40 Discussion: 15 min
11.55 Lunch break
12.55 HNF1A / HNF4A MODY: 25 min Prof Maggie Shepherd 13.20 Discussion: 15 min 13.35 Break: 10 min 13.45 GCK MODY: 25 min Dr Ali Chakera 14.10 Discussion: 15 min 14.25 Break: 10 min 14.35 New developments in genetic testing: 20 min 14.50 Discussion: 15 min 15.10 Meeting evaluation: 5 min Prof Maggie Shepherd 15.15 Close of Day 1
Day 2 – Tuesday 20th October Rare and more complex cases of monogenic diabetes
09.00 Log on and meet the other delegates (optional)
09.30 Welcome and Introduction: 5 min Prof Maggie Shepherd 09.35 Plenary Lecture: Mitochondrially Inherited Diabetes and Deafness (MIDD) and other rare causes of monogenic diabetes: 30 min Prof Andrew Hattersley 10.05 Discussion: 15 min 10.20 Break: 10 min 10.30 HNF1B MODY: 25 min Dr Coralie Bingham 10.55 Discussion: 15 min 11.10 Break: 10 min 11.20 Plenary Lecture: Management of syndromic paediatric diabetes: 30 min Prof Tim Barrett 11.50 Discussion: 15 min
12.05 Lunch
13.05 Plenary Lecture: Katp channel neonatal diabetes: 20 min Dr Pam Bowman 13.25 Discussion: 10 min 13.35 Break: 10 min 13.45 Plenary Lecture: Other rarer forms of neonatal diabetes: 15 min Dr Elisa de Franco 14.00 Discussion: 15 min 14.15 Break: 10 min 14.25 Plenary lecture: Monogenic causes of insulin resistance: 30 min Prof Andrew Hattersley 14.55 Discussion: 15 min
15.10 Meeting evaluation: 5 min Prof Maggie Shepherd 15.15 Close of Day 2
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