May Ng

Associate Professor

May Ng is an Honorary Associate Professor at University of Liverpool and holds a dual accreditation specialist qualification in General Paediatrics and Paediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes. She is based in Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust and is the Associate Medical Director. She completed her undergraduate degree under full scholarship in Sydney, Australia and undertook her paediatric training in Australia and in the United Kingdom. She was the recipient of the UK Medical Research Council Fellowship and completed further training to obtain a Masters and PhD degree in paediatric endocrinology and diabetes. She has a Master of Laws degree and is active in medicolegal work. She also has an MBA in Healthcare and Finance.She has authored 2 books ‘A Journey With Brendan’ and ‘Me and My Hormones’, published over 150 research papers and presented at more than 100 scientific meetings. She has held over £500,000 in personal research grants and is an active researcher in paediatric endocrinology and diabetes. She is Editor-in-Chief for Diabetes Care for Children and Young People Journal, Chair of the UK Association of Children’s Diabetes Clinicians, Chair of UK National Institute Health Research Clinical Research Network (NIHR CRN) for Diabetes in Children and is the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Officer for Research. She is in the Diabetes UK Council for Healthcare Professionals, Online Learning Committee for European Society of Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) and E-learning Committee for International Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD). She is a clinical lead of multiple national award winning initiatives such as Winner of the North West Excellence in Healthcare NHS Parliamentary Awards 2020, University of Liverpool Alumni Award 2019, Diabetes UK Mary Mackinnon Award 2018, Winner of 2015 Diabetes Quality in Care award, Highly Commended runner up for Diabetes Team of the Year National BMJ Awards 2015, finalist for the HSJ Clinical Leader of the year 2015 and finalist in the UK Asian Woman of Achievement Award 2016.