I am an early career researcher with a background as medical doctor. I studied medicine at University of Medicine, Mandalay, Myanmar. After that I worked as a General Practitioner for 4 years in Myanmar, and I have a strong interest in type 2 diabetes as it is a global health issue, and the number of people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes is increasing all over the world. I therefore studied MSc in Diabetes Care and Management (with Distinction) and PhD at Glasgow Caledonian University. I won the Prize for the Best Overall Performance on the MSc programme.
My PhD title is ‘Sedentary time, Breaks in Sedentary time and Glucose Control in Type 2 diabetes.’ My thesis (PhD) showed that:
- Glucose profiles are not well-controlled in those with type 2 diabetes on diet management and anti-diabetes medications, so improvement of current diabetes management is needed.
- Prolonged sedentary time is associated with poor glucose control and interrupting sedentary time with activity breaks is associated with better glucose control in those with type 2 diabetes.
- There are dose-response relationships between frequency of interrupting sedentary time with walking activity bouts and glucose control in those with type 2 diabetes.
The findings from this PhD will inform intervention to reduce sedentary time for glucose control in those with type 2 diabetes, and it will help improve health care (glucose control) in type 2 diabetes. Such intervention will be simple, cheap and accessible to all people with type 2 diabetes.
Experience
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2009–2013GP, Sha Chaung Private Clinic
Education
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University of Medicine, Mandalay, Myanmar, M.B.,B.S
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Glasgow Caledonian University, MSc in Diabetes Care and Management
Publications
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2020Diurnal patterns of objectively measured sedentary time and interruptions to sedentary time are associated with glycaemic indices in type 2 diabetes.,
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2020Measuring group and individual relationship between patterns in sedentary behaviour and glucose in type 2 diabetes adult,
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2019Impact of free-living pattern of sedentary behaviour on intra-day glucose regulation in type 2 diabetes. European Journal of Applied Physiology.,
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2019Dose-response between frequency of interruption of sedentary time and fasting glucose, the dawn phenomenon and night-time glucose in Type 2 diabetes.,
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2019Dose-response between frequency of breaks in sedentary time and glucose control in type 2 diabetes: A proof of concept study.,
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2018Are glucose profiles well-controlled within the targets recommended by the International Diabetes Federation in type 2 diabetes? A meta-analysis of results from continuous glucose monitoring based studies. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice.,
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2018The associations of sedentary time and breaks in sedentary time with 24-hour glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes. ,
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