Associate Professor Sarah Richardson
''What gets me out of bed in the morning is an innate curiosity to find out how and why type 1 diabetes develops; the enthusiastic and committed team with whom I work and a passionate hope that one day we can make a difference for the people who have to live with this disease.''
'I get to think about immunology and helping real people everyday - what's not to love?'
Dr Christine Flaxman
Research Technician
'I think the team’s research into what processes and mechanisms are involved in the onset and progress of diabetes is really interesting and exciting. If we can understand more about diabetes, hopefully this will lead to improvements in diagnosis and treatment for people with the disease.'
Dr Martin Eichmann
Lecturer in Immunology
Throughout Martin’s research career his focus has steadily remained on investigating the role of the immune system in type 1 diabetes. He received a PhD in Immunology, from King’s College London, for a thesis entitled “Genes and Phenotypes in Type 1 Diabetes”. In June 2020, he joined the IBEX team as a Lecturer in Immunology. He is extremely excited to be working alongside some world-leading diabetes researchers within the Exeter Centre of Excellence in Diabetes – to be engaging and identifying opportunities for collaborative research projects that excel from the core synergetic strengths of the various research disciplines in diabetes.

Alice Carr
PhD Student
Type 1 diabetes is my whole life - I research it, I raise awareness of it and I live with it! My life changed on the 8th August 2012 when I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Since then there has been many highs and lows (quite literally) and we don't get on sometimes. But without type 1 diabetes I wouldn't be the person I am today and I have
dedicated my life to doing all I can to educate, raise awareness and make life better for people living with type 1 diabetes.“