Rising rates of diabetes highlight an urgent need to strengthen screening and management of diabetes in pregnancy to improve lifelong health outcomes for mothers and their children. 

Dr Emma Jamieson, a Future Health Research and Innovation Fund Translational Senior Research Fellow with the Rural Clinical School of WA, is leading transformative work to address this challenge in rural and remote Australia. 

Through co-leadership of the ORCHID project, she collaborates closely with Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations, primary healthcare services and community partners to co-create approaches that are culturally appropriate and clinically effective. Her national contribution is further demonstrated through her role on the Glucose Preanalytical Working Party, shaping harmonised standards for diabetes testing across Australia.  

Building on a strong scientific foundation in pancreatic islet biology and transplantation, Dr Jamieson’s research has been translated into real‑world clinical practice, significantly improving the detection and management of diabetes in pregnancy for women in rural and remote communities. Her work is creating measurable, lasting impact on health equity and maternal‑child outcomes across the country.  

• Diabetes in pregnancy
• Rural and Aboriginal health
• Translation of research into clinical practice
• Laboratory medicine and diabetes diagnostics