MISSION STATEMENT

OCDEM is a pioneering centre which combines clinical care, research and education in diabetes, endocrine and metabolic diseases. By promoting world-class research, it aims to enhance understanding of these diseases and to accelerate the search for new treatments and cures.

This site is aimed towards medical professionals and academia. If you are a patient with diabetes then you may find that the Diabetes UK website is more suited to your needs.

In pursuit of this goal, the centre:

• Provides patients with a first-class comprehensive clinical service.
• Provides top quality integrated laboratories and facilities for basic science and clinical research.
• Sets teaching and research in the context of clinical care and expedites the translation of research findings into clinical practice.
• Offers outstanding training and career opportunities for scientists, doctors, nurses and other professional staff.
• Brings together the research and clinical expertise of groups investigating a wide range of related diseases at the University of Oxford.
• Creates synergy and opportunities for cross-fertilisation of ideas, thereby encouraging academic, National Health Service and commercial initiatives.

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