Eoin Noctor is a Consultant Endocrinologist and Adjunct Senior Lecturer with the University of Limerick Hospitals Group/University of Limerick Graduate Entry Medical School.
Dr Noctor is a graduate of University College Dublin and became a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 2007. After completing his specialist training in Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus in Ireland in 2013, he took up a post as a Chief Physician at Steno Diabetes Center in Denmark, where he led the international medical education team, working with local organisations in low- and middle-income countries to design and deliver educational and training programmes in diabetes management.
His research interests include the long-term impact of gestational diabetes (in which he was awarded his doctoral thesis), prevention of type 2 diabetes, methods of provision of diabetes care in different populations, and the training of healthcare professionals in diabetes management. His recent publications include articles on diabetes and pregnancy in the BMJ and Diabetologia.
He holds a postgraduate diploma in clinical medical education from the National University of Ireland, Galway, where he is involved in the diabetes care distance-learning programme for primary care healthcare professionals, and is a member of the Postgraduate Education committee for the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD). He is also a member of the American Diabetes Association, the European Society of Endocrinology and the Irish Endocrine Society.