Dr Parizad Avari is a Consultant Diabetologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and post-doctoral research fellow at Imperial College London. She has been part of the Digital Intervention team with the Global Health Research Unit since 2020, and joined the project management team in 2024.
She completed her PhD evaluating a smartphone based real-time personalized decision support system for people with type 1 diabetes at Imperial College London in 2021. Her specialist interest lies within the field of diabetes, with a focus on use of innovative technologies for diabetes prevention and management in people at highest risk, including young adults, people in hospital, or those with renal impairment. She has published over 35 articles in peer-reviewed journals within the field of diabetes and diabetes technology.
Imperial College London, UK
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