Paul Zimmet
Preventive Cardiology
Monash University
About
Paul Zimmet works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with Monash University.
Professor Paul Zimmet is Professor of Diabetes at Monash University and Director Emeritus of the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute. He founded the International Diabetes Institute in 1984, which merged with the Baker Institute in 2008. His research includes studies on diabetes epidemiology, cardiovascular risks, and metabolic disorders.
Research focus
Cardiovascular risks in diabetesMetabolic syndrome and heart diseaseObesity and cardiovascular complicationsEpidemiology of cardiovascular diseaseLipoprotein metabolism in cardiovascular risks
Impact
1,020 pubs · 165,986 cites · h-index 141
Training
MD
Adelaide University
1989
PhD
Monash University
1973
MB BS
Adelaide University
1964
Affiliations
Work Experience
Head, WHO Collaborating Centre for Epidemiology of Diabetes
Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute · 1981 - Present
Director
International Diabetes Institute · 1985 - 2009