Meet some of the highly regarded health professionals we have assembled to help us catch Australia's silent assassin.
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Our special series of articles on Australia's diabetes epidemic brings you the latest scientific insights, informed opinions and practical diet advice from a range of experts, including medical practitioners, health advocates and authors.
We're grateful for their support for our efforts to raise awareness about this national public health crisis and for their generosity in sharing their expertise and insights with the readers of ACM, the publisher of this newspaper.
![Dr Peter Brukner. Picture: supplied Dr Peter Brukner. Picture: supplied](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/vuJmMAkyxKfBpiJqjiHTXS/66435ce0-b910-4f86-9add-14dd7413845a.jpg/r0_476_4041_2748_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Dr Peter Brukner - Elite sports medicine clinician, author of A Fat Lot of Good and founder of Defeat Diabetes
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Professor Claire Collins - Laureate professor of nutrition and dietetics at the University of Newcastle
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Dr James Muecke - Eye surgeon, co-founder of Sight For All and 2020 Australian of the Year
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Professor Grant Brinkworth - Senior principal nutrition research scientist at CSIRO and co-author of CSIRO Low-carb Diabetes Every Day.
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Dr Paul Mason - Defeat Diabetes sports medicine and exercise physician
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Annette Parkes-Considine - Registered nurse and diabetes educator
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Dr Pennie Taylor - Clinical dietitian and research scientist at CSIRO and co-author of CSIRO Low-carb Diabetes Every Day.
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Dr Liz Fraser - General practitioner and co-founder of Low Carb Canberra
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Professor Rob Moodie - Professor of public health at the University of Melbourne
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Nicole Moore - Accredited practising dietician and Defeat Diabetes expert