Australian Community Centre for Diabetes (ACCD)
ACCD brings together existing expertise in diabetes and connects research activities by working with key health, community and education partner organisations. We aim to develop new approaches to diabetes prevention and management, and to reduce diabetes-related disease in identified (or priority) communities where the rate of diabetes is high or increasing.
Priority communities include:
- socioeconomically disadvantaged
- culturally and linguistically diverse communities
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
ACCD is part of Victoria University and located at the St Albans Campus in Melbourne's western suburbs.
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ACCD partners and staff
ACCD partners with a range of health, education and community organisations. Our partners include:
- Community health centres
- Medicare locals
- Western Health
- the Australian Industry Group
- the Western Bulldogs
- local councils
- diabetes organisations: Diabetes Australia-Victoria, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Victoria University
Current ACCD activities
ACCD is working on a number of diabetes related projects:
- Mapping diabetes in Western Melbourne with Diabetes Australia - Victoria
- Diabetes prevention and awareness in Indigenous and CALD communities
- Education
- Research
- Community engagement
- Industry engagement
For further information, please visit DiabetesInfo.
Contact us
Australian Community Centre for Diabetes
St Albans Campus
Building 4C, Level 2
McKechnie Street, St Albans
Victoria
Postal Address
Australian Community Centre for Diabetes
Victoria University
PO Box 14428
Melbourne, Victoria, 8001
Australia
Reception: Lucy Poloni +613 9919 2403
Executive Director: Harry Bryce +613 9919 2283