Melanie Davies

{{Short description|British medical researcher}}

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Melanie Jane Davies, {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CBE|FMedSci}} (born 8 July 1961) is a British physician and academic, who specialises in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Since 2007, she has been Professor of Diabetes Medicine at the University of Leicester.{{cite web |title=Davies, Prof. Melanie Jane, (born 8 July 1961), Professor of Diabetes Medicine, University of Leicester, since 2007 |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U286464 |website=Who's Who 2021 |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=6 November 2021 |language=en |date=1 December 2020}}{{cite web |title=Professor Melanie Davies |url=https://acmedsci.ac.uk/fellows/fellows-directory/ordinary-fellows/fellow/Professor-Melanie-Davies-0016924 |website=The Academy of Medical Sciences |access-date=6 November 2021}}{{cite web |title=Professor Melanie Davies,CBE, MB, ChB, MD, FRCP, FRCGP |url=https://www2.le.ac.uk/colleges/medbiopsych/research/drc/people-1/staff-pages/professor-melanie-davies |website=College of Life Sciences |publisher=University of Leicester |access-date=6 November 2021 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Professor Melanie J Davies, CBE, MB, ChB, MD, FRCP, FRCGP |url=https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/health-sciences/people/staff-pages/davies |website=Department of Health Sciences |publisher=University of Leicester |access-date=6 November 2021 |language=en}} She is the director of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre.{{Cite web|title=NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre {{!}} About Us|url=https://www.leicesterbrc.nihr.ac.uk/about-us/|access-date=2022-02-09|website=www.leicesterbrc.nihr.ac.uk}}

In the 2016 New Year Honours, she was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) "for services to diabetes research".{{London Gazette |issue= 61450 |date= 30 December 2015 |pages= N8-N9 |supp= y }} In 2018, she was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci).