Louise Maple-Brown is Deputy Director Research at Menzies School of Health Research and a Senior Endocrinologist at Royal Darwin Hospital (Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia). Louise is the senior diabetes researcher at Menzies, having established and led for eleven years (until 2023), the Diabetes across the Lifecourse: Northern Australian Partnership. The partnership includes several large NHMRC-funded projects, including the Northern Territory and Far North Queensland Diabetes in Pregnancy Partnership and The PANDORA (Pregnancy And Neonatal Diabetes Outcomes in Remote Australia) Cohort Study and most recently the Northern Australia Youth Diabetes collaboration across Western Australia, Northern Territory and Far North Queensland. After completing the majority of her physician and endocrinology training at St Vincents Hospital Sydney, Louise moved to Darwin in 2002 to pursue her passion for working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to improve health outcomes. Louise founded and was inaugural Chair of the NT Diabetes Clinical Network. She was a member of the Australian Diabetes Society Council (2014-2022) and Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society Council (2012-2014). Louise has been providing clinical diabetes services to urban and remote NT communities for over 20 years.