Menzies' Senior Member Professor Michael Clark was honoured at a special ceremony in Denmark recently for the groundbreaking work into diabetes and metabolism that he has pioneered during his research career.

Menzies' Senior Member Professor Michael Clark was honoured at a special ceremony in Denmark recently for the groundbreaking work into diabetes and metabolism that he has pioneered during his research career.

Professor Clark, who arrived home in Australia last week, says he was conferred with the degree of honorary doctor in natural sciences (doctor scientiarum honoris causa) at a ceremony at the Copenhagen University on 16 November.

"There were fifteen honorary doctorates conferred on recipients from different areas of research and different parts of the world," he said.

"Her Royal Highness Queen Margrethe II and His Royal Highness Prince Henrik attended the ceremony, which was followed by a reception.

"Later in the evening, the Honorary Doctors and other guests of the University were invited to see La Bohéme in the Copenhagen Opera House.

"It is a great honour to be recognised by my peers with this award. We have an excellent group of researchers working in this area at Menzies, and it is exciting to see our research being recognised more and more frequently on both a national and international stage."

Professor Clark's research group has made major advances in understanding blood flow in muscle and its relationship to glucose and insulin in type two diabetes, and has maintained a close association with researchers at the University of Copenhagen since 1984.

Menzies' findings have the potential to influence the design of new anti-diabetic drugs and treatments for people with type two diabetes, which is the most common type of diabetes.

Diabetes and its associated complications, which include heart, kidney and eye diseases, affect the quality of life of a large number of Australians.

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