Frances is an experienced clinician, researcher and scientist with her primary research focusing on the prevention and management of Diabetes related complications. Through her clinical and academic work, Frances has observed first-hand the devastating consequences of Diabetes related foot ulceration, including immobility, amputation, despair and subsequent depression. After completing a PhD looking at wound healing, she built a research team; including biomedical engineers to investigate, design and test low-cost support-surfaces which prevent ulceration. Her work adds to the growing body of evidence regarding ulcer prevention. Seeing her patients suffer has ignited a passion and drive to improve healthcare outcomes. Frances believes this can only be achieved by finding better ways to collaborate, undertake research, and implement findings into clinical practice. 

As a Credentialled Diabetes Educator for more than 39 years, Angela’s passion has been supporting people living with diabetes. She has been responsible for the development, delivery and review of many programs for children, adolescents and adults living with all types of diabetes. This has included training for health professionals both face-to-face and the eLearning format. 

Phillip graduated as a mature-aged student from Western Sydney University in 2005 when it was known as UWS. He has 13 years of experience in private practice and over 15 years’ experience in the High Risk Foot Service at RNSH. Phillip has worked for the past 4 years at WSU as a Supervising Clinician and Tutor in subjects including the High Risk Foot and Podiatric Surgery. He was a lead clinician in rolling out and implementing the DAC (Diabetes Assessment Clinic) and IPC (Inter Professional Clinic) at the university. Phillip continues to have a strong interest in adult education and Neuro-vascular Assessment, having developed and implemented the ABPI workshop at RNSH.