Clinical Reader at University of Edinburgh and Diabetes Consultant
Bio
Dr Debbie Wake is a Clinical Reader at University of Edinburgh and Diabetes Consultant, (MBChB, BSc, PhD, Clin Ed Dip), a Diabetes UK Clinical Champion, a 2017/18 NHS Innovation Accelerator Fellow and one of nine 2019 IUK Women in Innovation Award winners. She leads national programmes on diabetes artificial intelligence/ automated decision support and international diabetes education programmes. Previously, she was a health columnist for a national UK newspaper and TV doctor/ presenter for STVs ‘The Hour’ programme. She is also CEO and co-founder of MyWay Digital Health (www.mwdh.co.uk) (MWDH) (University of Dundee spin out company). Debbie’s vision is to improve the lives of people with diabetes globally through affordable data-driven solutions. She has developed multi-award winning software applications; including a data driven patient application deployed across 30% of the UK (called MyWayDiabetes) that has improved health outcomes and delivered significant health saving(5:1 ROI).
https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/debbie-wake