Kirsty Winkley

Dr Kirsty Winkley is a diabetes nurse and health psychologist based at King’s College London where she is Reader in Diabetes & Primary Care. She also works clinically as a diabetes specialist nurse within primary care in Lambeth south London. Her expertise is mainly centred on supporting people with type 2 diabetes. Her research interests include structured education for diabetes and how to improve attendance and developing psychological interventions that support diabetes self-management. She recently completed a NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) funded evidence synthesis of psychological interventions to improve glycemic control for people with diabetes. She is currently developing a psychologically-informed intervention to support people with type 2 diabetes staring insulin.