One in Six Billion

About One in Six Billion

A podcast about diabetes and genes hosted by Andrew Hattersley and Maggie Shepherd.

Publisher

Andrew Hattersley and Maggie Shepherd

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Nov 2023

Latest episode

28 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

62 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Oct 2025

   Special Episode 8: Steve Chapman, Andrew Hattersley and Maggie Shepherd. Final reflections on making the One in Six billion podcast.

   In the final episode of the One in Six Billion podcast Andrew and Maggie reflect with producer Steve Chapman on the fun they have had making 51 podcasts with 70 guests in the past 2 years. Send us a text

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   14 Oct 2025

   Series 4 Episode 8. Rohini Bajekal and Shivani Misra. The challenge of diagnosing monogenic diabetes in South Asians

   Rohini Bajekal describes how she had years of receiving inappropriate lifestyle advice before Glucokinase MODY was diagnosed. Dr Shivani Misra’s research has shown that failure to diagnose monogenic diabetes is even common in South Asians than in the white European population. Send us a text

3. 

   30 Sept 2025

   Series 4 episode 7. Sarah Richardson. Small extra-islet beta cells matter

   Sarah Richardson talks about her new exciting research on insulin producing beta-cells that are single cells or small clusters rather than in islets. These extra-islet beta-cells make up most of the insulin producing capacity of the pancreas in young children and are particularly susceptible to immune attack in Type 1 diabetes. This important research explains why the loss of insulin producing cells in Type 1 diabetes is more severe in young children and informs future work on tre...

Who has been a guest on One in Six Billion

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jennifer
• Helen
• Maggie Shepard
• Andrew Hattersley

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

22 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 42 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

52

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.