Alison is a Diabetes Specialist Dietitian, currently leading two different type 2 diabetes remission pilots in the North East of England. She is lead Research Dietitian for Newcastle University’s high profile remission studies, and a lecturer for the MRes Diabetes course. Alison is a graduate of the Diabetes UK Clinical Champions programme, and has been living with type 1 diabetes since the age of 8. She is privileged to be a member of the QiC Diabetes judging panel and feels inspired every year by the amazing work that individuals and teams around the UK are doing to keep improving diabetes care.