A National Heart & Diabetes Institute

Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute is the nation’s premier health and medical research institute tackling the deadly trio of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Our work extends from the laboratory to wide-scale community studies.

Baker IDI fills a void in health and medical research by allowing traditionally disparate groups to work together and collaborate under one umbrella and one organisational culture.

Our Research Program

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Features

New website for Lift for Life

The new website has been designed to improve visitor navigation and to provide much greater functionality for the programs licensed providers. This includes a new restricted area which provides Lift for Life providers with ease of access to program resources and simple new program reporting mechanisms.

Latest News

South-west artist dissects himself for exhibit

2 January 2009 For Hamilton artist Danny McDonald, showing the world what is inside him is just part of what he loves to do: combine science and art.

Exercise is a health issue so let's help people get moving

16 December 2008 Had you been an older person with high blood pressure as late as the 1980s, you would have found yourself given medication and told not to exert yourself, to avoid excitement, and importantly, avoid strenuous activity.

Channel Nine's A Current Affair interview

15 December 2008 Channel Nine's, A Current Affair interviews Murray Esler from Baker IDI nd Othostatic Intolerance sufferer Brianna Canny.

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Events

Confocal: A View Within 28 Nov - 31 March

2 February 2009    10.00am Friday mornings

Balance diabetes education program

17 February 2009  -  10 March 2009    9.30am 12.00pm

Visit Cruden farm

1 March 2009    10.00am - 3.00pm

Confocal: A View Within 28 Nov - 31 March

2 March 2009    10.00am Friday mornings
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Peter Kistler in the Clinical Electrophysiology laboratory

Our Publications

Research Update 2008

Across the institute, scientists at Baker IDI are striving to understand why people develop complications from diabetes, and importantly, understanding the mechanisms responsible for those complications.

Australia's Future Fat Bomb

A report on the long-term consequences of Australia’s expanding waistline on cardiovascular disease.

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Support Us

Help Baker IDI to make a difference to the lives of people affected by obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

– Confocal

– Greg Page Fund for Orthostatic Intolerance