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Studies that make up DAQIQ, past and present: how people live with diabetes in Qatar, and the analytics and AI that make care individualised.

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Living with diabetes Living with Diabetes in Qatar: the LDQ Cohort We will ask the same adults with type 2 diabetes in Qatar, once a year for five years, where they get advice about their diabetes, from doctors to AI chatbots, and how that advice affects their wellbeing and daily care. StatusActive · Preparatory year Duration2026–2032 LeadDr. Zubair Shah SupportHBKU institutional resources Explore the study

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Living with diabetes Active2026–2032 LDQ Cohort Living with Diabetes in Qatar: the LDQ Cohort A five-year cohort following adults with type 2 diabetes across four care settings, to learn how digital and AI advice shapes diabetes distress and self-management. Project leadDr. Zubair Shah Connected and proactive care Active2026–2027 Proactive Care AI-driven healthcare surveillance and proactive care recommendation in smart environments AI that brings together data from connected health devices and clinical knowledge to spot changes early and recommend timely, personalised care for people living with diabetes. Project leadDr. Zubair Shah 1 paper Risk prediction Completed2022–2026 Longitudinal Risk Longitudinal analysis of risk factors associated with diabetes using multimodal data and machine learning PhD research that fused bone scans, retinal images, ECG, genetic, laboratory and lifestyle data from Qatar Biobank to predict who will develop type 2 diabetes, and to study its complications. Project leadDr. Sulaiman Khan 5 papers Retinal and medical imaging Completed2022–2025 Aain-D Aain-D: AI for diabetic retinopathy from retinal images AI that grades diabetic retinopathy from retinal photographs, including a new Radon-transform method released as open-source software. Project leadDr. Zubair Shah 5 papers Risk prediction Completed2021–2024 T2D Onset Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence: predicting type 2 diabetes onset PhD research showing that combining retinal images, ECG features and clinical risk factors improves prediction of type 2 diabetes in Qatar, and introducing new open-source image methods. Project leadDr. Farida Mohsen 8 papers Community and peer support Completed2020 C.P.-Support C.P.-Support: peer support for people living with diabetes An intelligent peer-support platform connecting people who manage chronic conditions such as diabetes, so they can learn from each other’s experience. Project leadDr. Zubair Shah
Our research over timeFrom the first peer-support prototype in 2020 to the five-year LDQ Cohort.

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