Associate Professor Stephen Stranks is Director of Southern Adelaide Diabetes and Endocrine Services and Associate Professor at Flinders University of South Australia. His clinical role involves delivery of services in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Bone Disease at Flinders Medical Centre, Repatriation General Hospital and Noarlunga Hospital and public outreach services in community settings in the region. His major personal interests are in postgraduate training and clinical trials in diabetes management in outpatient and inpatient settings. He leads a clinical research team based at RGH and has been the Australian lead investigator on major international trials in the field of type 2 diabetes management.