Dr Joe Timmons
- Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer (School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health)
email:
Joe.Timmons@glasgow.ac.uk
University Hospital Wishaw, 50 Netherton Street, Wishaw, ML2 ODP
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3506-359XBiography
Dr Joseph Timmons is a Consultant Physician in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine in NHS Lanarkshire and an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow. He combines an active NHS consultant practice with clinical and translational research in Diabetes and Endocrinology.
Dr Timmons graduated in Medicine from the University of Dundee with MBChB (Honours), having previously completed a BMSc (First-Class Honours) in Forensic and Legal Medicine. During his undergraduate training he received multiple academic distinctions, including the George Rankin Tudhope Prize for the top mark in final written medical examinations and the Heller Prize for outstanding all-round performance as a graduating medical student.
He completed postgraduate training in Diabetes and Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine in the West of Scotland and was awarded MRCP(UK) and MRCPS(Glasg) prior to achieving his Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT). He undertook clinical research supervised by Prof John Petrie and Prof James Boyle leading to the award of a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree by the University of Glasgow, for a thesis examining Adjunct Therapy in Type 1 Diabetes.
Dr Timmons has a weekly research day funded by NHS Lanarkshire. He is aiming to expand diabetes clinical trial recruitment in Lanarkshire in a population historically overlooked. He is Principal Investigator in two current clinical trials in type 1 diabetes and has been a co-investigator in the recently completed Triple Therapy with Semaglutide, Dapagliflozin and Insulin in people with Type 1 Diabetes (TTT1) Trial. He has additionally completed numerous analyses of data from the REMOVAL Trial examining the impact of metformin in Type 1 Diabetes.
Research interests
Dr Timmons' research interests include:
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Adjunct pharmacological therapies in type 1 diabetes
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Diabetes technology and glycaemic metrics (including time-in-range)
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Metabolic and cardiovascular risk modification in diabetes
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Translational and investigator-led clinical trials in diabetes
Research groups
Publications
2022
Timmons, Joseph G. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3506-359X, Littlejohn, Lucy, Boyle, James G. and Petrie, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4894-9819
(2022)
Recent developments in adjunct therapies for type 1 diabetes.
Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs, 31(12),
pp. 1311-1320.
(doi: 10.1080/13543784.2022.2159806)
(PMID:36655950)
2021
Timmons, J.G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3506-359X, Manners, R., Bailey, M. and McDougall, C.
(2021)
Cognitive impairment reversed by cinacalcet administration in primary hyperparathyroidism.
Hormones, 20(3),
pp. 587-589.
(doi: 10.1007/s42000-021-00292-4)
(PMID:33881757)
Timmons, J. G. et al. (2021) Metformin and carotid intima-media thickness in never-smokers with type 1 diabetes: the REMOVAL trial. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 23(6), pp. 1371-1378. (doi: 10.1111/dom.14350) (PMID:33591613)
2020
Timmons, Joseph ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3506-359X
(2020)
Hyperthyroxinemia with non-suppressed TSH: how to confidently reach a diagnosis in this clinical conundrum.
Hormones, 19(3),
pp. 311-315.
(doi: 10.1007/s42000-020-00180-3)
(PMID:32128699)
2019
Timmons, Joseph G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3506-359X, McKay, Gerry ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5572-5246 and Fisher, Miles
(2019)
Results of the ASCEND study: time to abandon aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes.
Practical Diabetes, 36(1),
4-5a.
(doi: 10.1002/pdi.2201)
2018
Timmons, Joseph ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3506-359X and Fisher, Miles
(2018)
Mechanisms and treatment of heart failure in diabetes.
Practical Diabetes, 35(4),
117-122a.
(doi: 10.1002/pdi.2177)
2017
Jones, Gregory C., Timmons, Joseph G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3506-359X, Cunningham, Scott G., Cleland, Stephen J. and Sainsbury, Christopher A.R.
(2017)
Hypoglycemia and clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with diabetes: does association with adverse outcomes remain when number of glucose tests performed is accounted for?
Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, 11(4),
pp. 720-723.
(doi: 10.1177/1932296816688012)
(PMID:28627243)
(PMCID:PMC5588825)
Timmons, Joseph G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3506-359X, Cunningham, Scott G., Sainsbury, Christopher A.R. and Jones, Gregory C.
(2017)
Inpatient glycemic variability and long-term mortality in hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes.
Journal of Diabetes and its Complications, 31(2),
pp. 479-482.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2016.06.013)
(PMID:27343028)
Articles
Timmons, Joseph G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3506-359X, Littlejohn, Lucy, Boyle, James G. and Petrie, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4894-9819
(2022)
Recent developments in adjunct therapies for type 1 diabetes.
Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs, 31(12),
pp. 1311-1320.
(doi: 10.1080/13543784.2022.2159806)
(PMID:36655950)
Timmons, J.G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3506-359X, Manners, R., Bailey, M. and McDougall, C.
(2021)
Cognitive impairment reversed by cinacalcet administration in primary hyperparathyroidism.
Hormones, 20(3),
pp. 587-589.
(doi: 10.1007/s42000-021-00292-4)
(PMID:33881757)
Timmons, J. G. et al. (2021) Metformin and carotid intima-media thickness in never-smokers with type 1 diabetes: the REMOVAL trial. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 23(6), pp. 1371-1378. (doi: 10.1111/dom.14350) (PMID:33591613)
Timmons, Joseph ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3506-359X
(2020)
Hyperthyroxinemia with non-suppressed TSH: how to confidently reach a diagnosis in this clinical conundrum.
Hormones, 19(3),
pp. 311-315.
(doi: 10.1007/s42000-020-00180-3)
(PMID:32128699)
Timmons, Joseph G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3506-359X, McKay, Gerry ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5572-5246 and Fisher, Miles
(2019)
Results of the ASCEND study: time to abandon aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes.
Practical Diabetes, 36(1),
4-5a.
(doi: 10.1002/pdi.2201)
Timmons, Joseph ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3506-359X and Fisher, Miles
(2018)
Mechanisms and treatment of heart failure in diabetes.
Practical Diabetes, 35(4),
117-122a.
(doi: 10.1002/pdi.2177)
Jones, Gregory C., Timmons, Joseph G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3506-359X, Cunningham, Scott G., Cleland, Stephen J. and Sainsbury, Christopher A.R.
(2017)
Hypoglycemia and clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with diabetes: does association with adverse outcomes remain when number of glucose tests performed is accounted for?
Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, 11(4),
pp. 720-723.
(doi: 10.1177/1932296816688012)
(PMID:28627243)
(PMCID:PMC5588825)
Timmons, Joseph G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3506-359X, Cunningham, Scott G., Sainsbury, Christopher A.R. and Jones, Gregory C.
(2017)
Inpatient glycemic variability and long-term mortality in hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes.
Journal of Diabetes and its Complications, 31(2),
pp. 479-482.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2016.06.013)
(PMID:27343028)
Teaching
Dr Timmons is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. He is an educational supervisor for undergraduate students at the University of Glasgow and the University of Dundee. He is additionally a supervisor for postgraduate doctors in the Foundation Programme. Dr Timmons is an examiner for OSCE Examinations at the University of Glasgow. He has contributed as a chapter author to the textbook Diabetes Drug Notes and as a contibutor to The Medical Take Podcast. More recently, he has been Conference Director for the Endocrine and Diabetes Symposium at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
