Dr. Melanie J. Davies

Dr. Melanie Davies is Professor of Diabetes Medicine at the University of Leicester and Honorary Consultant Diabetologist at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL). She is the Co-Director of the Leicester Diabetes Centre, Associate Director of R&I at UHL, Director of the Commercial Research Delivery Centres (CRDC) UK Network and Clinical Director of CRDC Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. She is an NIHR Senior Investigator Emeritus and NIHR Research Delivery Network National Specialty Lead Diabetes, Metabolic and Endocrine and Director of the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre. Professor Davies has been a Global PI on a number of large scale Phase II and III commercial studies relating to Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity. Professor Davies’ research interests include the causes, screening, prevention, self-management and treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Professor Davies has published over 1000 original articles, H Index 151 with >130,000 citations and has over £177M of grant funding. She was awarded the DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2026 Birthday Honour’s List for services to global diabetes, research, policy and care management. In 2025 Professor Davies was awarded the ADA Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Diabetes Research Award.