Della Wang is a PhD student in diabetes epidemiology under the supervision of Prof Dianna Magliano, Prof Jonathan Shaw, and Dr Jed Morton since 2024. She holds a Bachelor of Medicine and completed her Master of Public Health at the University of Hong Kong in 2020. Then, she worked as a research assistant for around 3 years accumulating experience in data analysis and field research.

Her current research focuses on leveraging large population-based surveys (such as NHANES, KNHANES, etc.), cohort studies (e.g. the UK biobank, Global Aging Data, All of Us, AusDiab, etc.), and registry data (NDSS and PBS with linkage to hospitalisation and death) to investigate novel aspects of diabetes, including:

• Incidence patterns: trends in diabetes incidence during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Risk factors: the role of fat distribution measured by MRI, DXA, BIA, and anthropometry.
• Complications: emerging complications such as anaemia, as well as traditional complications and relevant mortality in the context of COVID-19.

Her work aims to quantify the impact of emerging contexts, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, on diabetes-related burden, and to advance understanding of diabetes development and progression, providing evidence to guide public health policy and clinical management during future health crises.