Rate My Professor Maria Craig

Maria Craig's primary research interests centre on childhood diabetes, with a focus on the prediction and prevention of type 1 diabetes, the role of viruses in its aetiology, and the epidemiology of type 1, type 2, cystic fibrosis-related, and monogenic diabetes, alongside studies on diabetes complications. She is principal investigator for the CoRD trial, a pioneering phase 1 study employing autologous cord blood to prevent type 1 diabetes in children with islet autoimmunity, and the Australasian Diabetes Data Network (ADDN), which facilitates collaborative diabetes research resources. Additionally, she leads the viral theme of the multicentre ENDIA study (Environmental Determinants of Islet Autoimmunity) in partnership with the Virology Research Group at Prince of Wales Hospital, headed by Professor Bill Rawlinson. Her scholarly output includes over 370 journal articles and 8 book chapters, such as 'MicroRNAs: A Link Between Type 1 Diabetes and the Environment?' (2016) and 'Diabetes and viruses in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region' (2013, 2012), with recent publications like 'Evolution of islet autoantibodies in the Environmental Determinants of Islet Autoimmunity (ENDIA) prospective cohort' (Diabetologia, 2026) and 'Distinct Enterovirus Antigen Landscape in Children With Islet Autoimmunity' (Diabetes, 2026). Her research has been cited more than 18,000 times. Awards include the Australian Paediatric Endocrine Group Young Investigator's Award (1997), Asia Pacific Paediatric Endocrine Society Clinical Teaching Award (2008), Lifetime Honorary Member of Caring and Living as Neighbours (2013), Australian Diabetes Society Jeff Flack Diabetes Data Award (2019), and Australian Paediatric Endocrine Group Norman Wettenhall Award for Research and Innovation (2019). She is Scientific Convenor of the Asia Pacific Paediatric Endocrine Society Fellows School.