Professor Sir George Alberti
Role:
Chair of Diabetes UK, Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College and Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Newcastle.
Year Fellowship awarded:
2002
Organisation:
Imperial College, London
Professor Sir George Alberti is Chair of Diabetes UK, Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College and Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Newcastle. He is also Clinical Adviser on Service Transformation for NHS London. Sir George has been President of the Royal College of Physicians, President of the International Diabetes Federation and of The European Association for the Study of Diabetes. He works extensively with the World Health Organization. He has been heavily involved in diabetes work in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Tanzania, and in Mauritius. He has published more than 1,100 articles on diabetes and metabolism.