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Professor Sarah Richardson: no photograph is held, so the academic plate is shown instead.
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Professor Sarah Richardson
Professor at the University of Exeter
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press citations on 1 topic since 13 Nov 2025 · last quoted 9 Dec 2025
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Professor Sarah Richardson: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Professor at the University of Exeter
- Quoted on
- Diabetes
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 9 Dec 2025
- First quoted
- 13 Nov 2025
04 The signal · where Professor Sarah Richardson sits on diabetes
Ranked 48= of 100 voices quoted in the press on diabetes, level with 35 others on 3 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Douglas TwenefourClinicianHead of Clinical, Diabetes UK36 - 2
Dr Elizabeth RobertsonSector leaderDirector of Research and Clinical, Diabetes UK20 - 3=
Helen KnightRegulatorDirector of Medicines Evaluation, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)15 - 48=Dr David RyanAcademicMD & PhD student at UCL3
- 48=Dr David UnwinAcademicpioneering nutrition and lifestyle researcher3
- 48=Professor Sarah RichardsonAcademicProfessor at the University of Exeter3
- 48=Dr Francesco ZaccardiClinicianHonorary Consultant in Cardiometabolic Medicine and Associate Professor in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Data Science at the University of Leicester3
- 48=Deborah HornClinicianMedical director at the University of Texas Center for Obesity Medicine3
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05 On the record · press
What Professor Sarah Richardson has said
By outlet · linked articles
- bbc.com1
- independent.co.uk1
- liverpoolecho.co.uk1
Where Professor Sarah Richardson has been quoted
- 01Girl, 8, told she has killer disease aged one hits huge milestone - Liverpool Echoliverpoolecho.co.uk · 14 Nov 2025
- 02Scientists have discovered why type 1 diabetes is worse for young childrenindependent.co.uk · 13 Nov 2025
- 03Scientists discover why type 1 diabetes is worse in childrenbbc.com · 13 Nov 2025
Verbatim
“These tiny insulin-producing beta cell clusters - once overlooked - hold big clues to understanding type 1 diabetes. This new perspective has the potential to reshape how we screen, treat, and even prevent type 1 diabetes. Protecting small beta cell clusters early could be key to stopping type 1 diabetes before it starts.”
“This research underscores the critical role of these small clusters in healthy pancreas development and opens the door for new treatments to protect children's small clusters of insulin-producing cells, giving them the chance to mature into large clusters that are less vulnerable to the immune attack.”
“I think this is a really significant finding for type 1 diabetes - this research really sheds light on why the disease is more aggressive in children”
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