Stephanie Amiel

Dame Stephanie Amiel
DBE
Born (1954-10-17) 17 October 1954 (age 70)
Farnborough, Kent, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materGuy's Hospital School of Medicine
Spouse
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(m. 1998)​
Scientific career
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Dame Stephanie Anne Amiel, Lady Alberti, DBE FRCP (born 17 October 1954) is a British physician and academic, specialising in type 1 diabetes. From 1995 to 2018, she was the R. D. Lawrence Professor of Diabetic Medicine at King's College London. She has also been a honorary consultant at King's College Hospital since 1995.

Early life and education

Amiel was born on 17 October 1954 in Farnborough, Kent, England. She was educated at Baston School for Girls, an all-girls private school in Kent. She studied at Guy's Hospital School of Medicine, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1975 and Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degrees in 1978. She later undertook research towards a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree which she completed in 1988.[1]

Academic career

From 1983 to 1986, Amiel was a research fellow at Yale University.[1] At Yale she undertook research in diabetes under professors William V. Tamborlane and Robert Stanley Sherwin.[2] She then returned to England, and was a research fellow and honorary senior registrar at St Bartholomew's Hospital in the City of London from 1986 to 1989.[1] Between 1989 and 1995, she was a senior lecturer and honorary consultant at Guy's Hospital in the London Borough of Southwark.[1] In May 1995, she joined King's College London as the R. D. Lawrence Professor of Diabetic Medicine.[1][3][4] She is also a consultant physician to the diabetes services at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.[5] In 2018, she stepped down from the R. D. Lawrence Chair to become Professor of Diabetes Research.[6] She then retired from full-time academia in 2021 and made emeritus professor.[1][7]

Amiel's research continues to be focused on type 1 diabetes.[5] As a practising physician, she specialises in intensive insulin therapy, insulin pumps, and diabetes in pregnancy.[3] Her academic interests include diabetic hypoglycaemia, islet transplantation, and diabetes and mental health.[2][3][4]

Personal life

In 1998, Amiel married the British physician Sir George Alberti. This marriage brought three stepsons.[1][8]

Selected works

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g 'AMIEL, Prof. Stephanie Anne, (Lady Alberti)', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 17 Oct 2017
  2. ^ a b "Stephanie Amiel – King's College London". Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Professor Stephanie Amiel". Division of Diabetes & Nutritional Sciences. King’s College London. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Professor Stephanie Amiel". Research Portal. King's College London. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Stephanie Amiel". Diabetes UK. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Amiel, Prof. Stephanie Anne, (Lady Alberti), (born 17 Oct. 1954), Professor of Diabetes Research, King's College London, 2018–21, now Emeritus (R. D. Lawrence Professor of Diabetic Medicine, 1995–2018); Honorary Consultant, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, since 1995". Who's Who 2023. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Professor Stephanie Amiel". abcd.care. The Association of British Clinical Diabetologists. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  8. ^ 'ALBERTI, Sir (Kurt) George (Matthew Mayer)', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 17 Oct 2017