Dr Jackie Elliott, PhD, MRCP
Academic Unit of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Department of Human Metabolism
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Beech Hill Road
Sheffield
S10 2RX
Office: DAFNE Project Office, 11 Broomfield Rd, Sheffield, S10 2SE
Tel: +44 (0)114 226 5909
Fax: +44 (0)114 271 1593
Email: j.elliott@sheffield.ac.uk
Biography
I was appointed as Clinical Lecturer in Diabetes at the University of Sheffield in November 2009. Originally I studied Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Loughborough and was awarded a PhD in 1994. I then became a qualified teacher, before studying Medicine as a mature student at the University of Sheffield. After graduating in 2002 I passed membership exams in 2005. My role as Clinical lecturer means that I am able to combine my past experience by dedicating half my time to completing my clinical specialist training, and the remainder to research and teaching.
Research Interests
My research interest in Diabetes started whilst I was a medical student, and has continued ever since. My current research interests include complex interventions for patients with diabetes. I am lead investigator of a Randomised Controlled Trial of a structured education program for patients with Type 1 diabetes. In addition, I am involved in studies examining the utility of insulin pumps, and continuous glucose monitors.
Teaching Interests
My teaching responsibilities include lecturing to Phase 1b of the MBChB course, organising whole year small group teaching for Phase 2 and helping devise revision material for Phase 4. In addition, I am involved in teaching dental students and health care professionals studying for a Masters degree in chronic diseases. As a physician I´m routinely involved in the supervision of junior trainee doctors.
Professional activities
In striving to improve care for patients with diabetes, I have set up a new multidisciplinary (MDT) hypoglycaemia unawareness clinic, which includes a continuous glucose monitoring facility. In addition, I set up co-ordinated departmental diabetes MDT meetings. Recent service audits include: examination of the length of stay and the effect of diabetes, on all inpatients in Sheffield Teaching Hospitals in 2008; the use of antibody testing in confirming the diagnosis of Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes; HbA1c at conception for all diabetes pregnancies in 2010.
Current Projects
• Investigating ways of how best to deliver structured education in diabetes
• Exploring the role of technological advances in the treatment of diabetes
• Examining the effects of low blood glucose on the electrical activity of the heart.
Key publications
Rankin, D., Cooke, D.D., Clark, M., Heller, S., Elliott, J., Lawton J. for the UK NIHR DAFNE Study Group, (2011) How and why do patients with type 1 diabetes sustain their use of flexible intensive insulin therapy? A qualitative longitudinal investigation of patients´ self-management practices following attendance at a Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating (DAFNE) Course. Diabetic Medicine 28: 532-538.
Lawton. J., Rankin, D., Cook, D.D., Clark, M., Elliot, J., Heller, S. for the UK NIHR DAFNE Study Group, (2011) Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating: A qualitative longitudinal exploration of the food and eating practices of type 1 diabetes patients converted to flexible intensive insulin therapy in the UK. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 91: 87-93.
Elliott, J., Mackie, A., Dibden, C., Blumsohn, A., and Creagh, N., (2010) Oral quinine therapy-induced hypoglycaemic seizures. Practical Diabetes International 27: 32-33.
Elliott, J., Tesfaye, S., Chaturvedi, N., Gandhi, R.A., Stevens, L., Emery, C., and Fuller, J., (2009) Large fibre dysfunction in diabetic peripheral neuropathy is predicted by cardiovascular risk factors. Diabetes Care 32: 1896-1990.
Elliott, J., Connor, M.E., Lashen, H., (2003) The value of outpatient hysteroscopy in diagnosing endometrial pathology in postmenopausal women with and without hormone replacement therapy. Acta Obstetricia et gynecologia Scandinavica 82: 1112-1119.