We'd like to welcome our new Steering Committee Members Dr Pam Chen and James Gerrard to the DFA team! We're looking forward to the valuable input and diverse expertise they both bring to help DFA achieve its current objectives and help define our future goals and projects. Welcome Pam and James! We'd also like to thank those who applied for the advertised position. We received a record number of applications and the calibre, diversity and experience across the applications were of an extremely high standard. Which again, highlights just how are Au ..read more

The DFA Steering Committee plays a leadership role in developing the strategic plan and priorities for DFA, and delivering projects and activities that align with the strategic plan. Members have a well-developed understanding and experience with diabetes-related foot disease in Australia and participate in making informed, valuable contributions to DFA’s primary objectives. The DFA Steering committee is currently looking for a new Steering Committee member who works in Australia, has significant DFD experience and represents: Allied Health – Podiatry  DFA is committed to gender equity an ..read more

DFA MINI SYMPOSIUM Sunday 3:00pm – 5:00pm – Novotel DFA is hosting a special pre-conference mini symposium where we’re inviting multi-disciplinary health professionals, researchers and organisations to discuss: Where national DFD research is at currently Lessons and learnings from our international experts on collaborative research programs What’s needed next and how to get involved In this interactive session, we want to hear from you. As we work towards bringing the DFD community together to conduct research that makes a real difference and supports new innovations in clinical care delive ..read more

Diabetes Feet Australia is proud to announce and open nominations for the first ‘Outstanding achievement in diabetes-related foot health and disease’ award, which will be presented at the upcoming DFA 2023 Conference. This biennial award recognises an individual: who has made significant, fundamental contributions to diabetes-related foot health and disease (whether in research, clinical practice, advocacy and/or leadership) the impact of these contributions to the sector demonstrated an outstanding contribution to diabetes-related foot health and disease holds the respect of professional peer ..read more

We’re back! And in 2023, we’re going resort style, where you can relax and recharge as we all learn about the latest in global DFD clinical practice and research. DFA 2023 features a social program delivered in DFA style, an interactive exhibition, leading global DFD experts and most importantly, future-focused content with an emphasis on the practical you use every day. So stay tuned as we prepare for the official conference launch in March when registrations will also open. So get ready to dust off that ‘ol’ resort wear’ and join us at DFA2023! The post DFA 23 Conference launching ..read more

Back in 2020, DFA appointed an expert multi-disciplinary guideline working group to develop a best practice plan to adapt suitable international guidelines into the Australian context to become the new Australian DFD guidelines. And in late 2021, we released the new 2021 Australian evidence-based DFD guidelines that now serve as multidisciplinary best practice standards of care for the provision of DFD care within Australia. We’re excited to announce that all six guidelines are now also published in the Journal of Foot and Ankle Research.  The DFA team would like to take the time to ..read more

DFA has published the finding from a major research project investigating priority research questions according to Australian stakeholders involved in diabetes-related foot health and disease. The article can be found here, and even though we are biased it is important to talk about the results. In 2017, Diabetes Feet Australia (DFA) published the “Australian diabetes-related foot disease strategy 2018-2022: The first step towards ending avoidable amputations within a generation” (7). A section of this landmark document discusses potential solutions to the lack of research into DFD and ho ..read more

We’re excited to share with you that Diabetic Foot Australia is now Diabetes Feet Australia! So…why the new branding? That’s a good question! As DFA has grown, our vision and objectives have remained consistent. But we also recognised the need to evolve our branding to better reflect who we are, and what we represent as an organisation now and into the future. Since joining the Australian Diabetes Society (ADS) as a division in 2018, our goal has also been to align with the ADS branding, whilst retaining DFA’s most recognisable logo icons. And you can learn even more about our new br ..read more

The vascular disease research team at James Cook University, led by Professor Jon Golledge, is conducting a survey to investigate health professionals experiences in managing patients with diabetic foot disease and related complications.  This survey intends to gather information from a broad range of health professionals to contribute to the development of a remote management program that will facilitate more efficient care of people with diabetes who have suffered a diabetes-related foot issue (such as ulcer, amputation, etc.). Information provided on this survey is stored and processed ..read more

Did you also know that diabetes-related foot ulcers are reported as the leading cause of amputation in Australia? But did you also know that 80% of diabetes-related amputations could be prevented by following best evidence-based treatments. Here at DFA, one of the ways we’re tackling that statistic is by developing new national diabetes-related foot disease guidelines that reflect the most up-to-date evidence to guide standards of health care provision in Australia. We’re also developing a clinical toolkit with diabetes-related foot recommendation fact sheets and easy-to-use clinical path ..read more