Dr Angela Titmuss

Senior Research Fellow

Qualifications:

PhD, Charles Darwin University, 2022; Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 2015; Master of Public Health, University of NSW, 2008; B Medicine / B Surgery (Hons 1), University of NSW, 2007; B Science (Medicine) (Hons 1), University of NSW, 2007

Approved level of HDR supervision at Charles Darwin University:

PhD (non-primary supervisor)

Location:

Darwin - Royal Darwin Hospital

Biography:

Angela Titmuss is a paediatric endocrinologist and paediatrician at Royal Darwin Hospital and Senior Research Fellow at Menzies School of Health Research, working within the youth type 2 diabetes team of the diabetes across the Lifecourse: Northern Australian Partnership. Her PhD explored the prevalence and characteristics of youth-onset type 2 diabetes among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in northern Australia. It also explored the impact of maternal hyperglycaemia in pregnancy on the growth, cardiometabolic profile and developmental risk of children, part of the Pregnancy and Neonatal Diabetes Outcomes in Remote Australia (PANDORA) study. Her PhD work was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians NHMRC Woolcock Award, the Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation, the Diabetes Australia Research Program, and a NHMRC Hot North PhD Completion Scholarship. 

She is an Investigator on several studies exploring prevention strategies for obesity and type 2 diabetes in childhood, as well as the development of new models of care for management of youth-onset type 2 diabetes, and youth engagement. She is the only paediatric endocrinologist in the Northern Territory and also provides outreach and clinical support across the region. She sits on multiple regional and national representative bodies regarding youth-onset type 2 diabetes and has been heavily involved in clinical guideline development and workforce education.

Dr Angela Titmuss
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Research Themes
  • Indigenous health
  • Diabetes and kidney disease
  • Youth health
  • Preventative health

  1. Titmuss A, Davis E, O’Donnell V, Wenitong M, Barr E, Boffa J, Brown ADH, Connors C, Corpus S, Dowler J, Graham S, Griffiths E, Kirkham R, Lee C, Moore E, Pearson G, Shaw JE, Singleton S, Sinha A, White G, Zimmet P, Maple-Brown LJ*, Haynes A*. Prevalence of youth-onset type 2 diabetes among First Nations young people in northern Australia: a retrospective, cross-sectional study. The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, 2022; 10(1):11-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(21)00286-2 (*authors contributed equally)

  2. Stapleton C, Watkins E, Hare M, Timms F, Wood A, Titmuss A. The prevalence of diabetes distress and its association with glycaemia in young people living with insulin-requiring diabetes in a regional centre in Australia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. Published online 7 October 2022. https:// doi:10.1111/jpc.16221

  3. Titmuss A, Davis E, O’Donnell V, Wenitong M, Barr E, Boffa J, Brown ADH, Connors C, Corpus S, Dowler J, Graham S, Griffiths E, Kirkham R, Lee C, Moore E, Pearson G, Shaw JE, Singleton S, Sinha A, White G, Zimmet P, Maple-Brown LJ*, Haynes A*. Prevalence of youth-onset type 2 diabetes among First Nations young people in northern Australia: a retrospective, cross-sectional study. The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, 2022; 10(1):11-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(21)00286-2 (*authors contributed equally)

  4. Titmuss A, D’Aprano A, Barzi F, Barr ELM, Wood A, Connors C, Boyle JA, Moore E, O’Dea K, Oats J, McIntyre HD, Zimmet P, Brown ADH, Shaw JE, Craig ME, Maple-Brown LJ. Hyperglycaemia in pregnancy and developmental outcomes in children at 18-60 months of age: the PANDORA Wave 1 study.   Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. Published online 4 April 2022. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040174422000101

  5. Titmuss A*, Longmore D*, Barzi F, Barr ELM, Webster V, Wood A, Connors C, Boyle JA, Moore E, O’Dea K, Oats J, McIntyre HD, Zimmet P, Brown A, Shaw JE, Craig ME, Maple-Brown LJ. The impact of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy on the growth of offspring in early childhood: The PANDORA study.  Pediatric Obesity. Published online 30 May 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.12932  (*authors contributed equally)

  6. Longmore D*, Titmuss A*, Barr ELM, Barzi F, Simmonds A, Lee IL, Hawthorne E, Derkenne R, Connors C, Boyle JA, Zimmet P, O’Dea K, Oats J, McIntyre HD, Brown ADH, Shaw JE, Maple-Brown LJ. Breastfeeding and infant growth in offspring of mothers with hyperglycaemia in pregnancy: the PANDORA study.     Pediatric Obesity, published online 20 February 2022. http://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.12891 (*authors contributed equally).

  7. Weaver E, Freeman N, Mack S, Titmuss A, Dowler J, Corpus S, Hyatt T, Ellis E, Sanderson C, Connors C, Moore E, Silver B, Azzopardi P, Maple-Brown L, Kirkham R. I don’t really know what diabetes is: A qualitative study exploring the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people aged 10-25 years living with type 2 diabetes in northern and central Australia. Canadian Journal of Diabetes, published online 5 May 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjd.2022.04.010

  8. Pena AS, Curran JA, Fuery M, George C, Jefferies CA, Lobley K, Ludwig K, Maguire A, Papadimos E, Peters A, Sellars F, Speight J, Titmuss A, Wilson D, Wong J, Worth C, Dahiya R. Australasian Guidelines for screening, assessment and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents: APEG Position Statement. Medical Journal of Australia. 2020 Jul; 213(1):30-43. http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50666

  9. Titmuss A, Davis EA, Brown A, Maple-Brown LJ. Emerging diabetes and metabolic conditions among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people. The Medical Journal of Australia. 2019; 210(3):111-3.e1. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.13002 Journal IF: 12.8, 22 citations.

  10. Jersky, M., Titmuss, A., Haswell, M., Freeman, N., Osborne, P., Callaghan, L., Winters, J., Fitzpatrick, S., Zwi, K. 2015. Improving health service access and well-being of young Aboriginal parents in an urban setting: mixed methods evaluation of an arts-based program. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2016 Apr; 40 Suppl 1:S115-21, https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12448.