Given in memory of Kelly M. West, widely regarded as the “father of diabetes epidemiology”, to an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of diabetes epidemiology.
Previous Kelly West Award Winners:
1986 Peter H. Bennett, MD
1987 Elizabeth L. Barrett-Connor, MD
1988 Ronald E. LaPorte, PhD
1989 Harry Keen, MD
1990 Michael Stern, MD
1991 Paul Zimmet, MD, PhD
1992 Maureen I. Harris, PhD
1993 Trevor J. Orchard, MD
1994 Ronald Klein, MD, MPH
1995 William C. Knowler, MD, DrPh
1996 Richard F. Hamman, MD, DrPh
1997 Steven M. Haffner, MD
1998 Jaakko Tuomilehto, MD, PhD
1999 Wilfred Y. Fujimoto, MD
2000 Eveline Eschwege, MD
2001 John H. Fuller, MD
2002 David H. Pettitt, MD
2003 Barbara V. Howard, PhD
2004 Michael Engelgau, MD, MS
2005 Marian J. Rewers, MD, PhD
2006 William H. Herman, MD, MPH
2007 Beverly Balkau, PhD, BSC, Dip Ed
2008 Markku Laakso, MD, PhD
2009 James B. Meigs, MD, MPH
2010 Frank B. Hu, MD, PhD
2011 Frederick L. Brancati, MD, MHS, FACP
2012 Knut Borch-Johnsen, MD, PhD
2013 Edward J. Boyko, MD, MPH
2014 Andrzej S. Krolewski, MD, PhD
2015 K.M. Venkat Narayan, MD, MSc, MBA
2016 Edward W. Gregg, PhD
2017 Dana Dabelea, MD, PhD
2018 Catherine C. Cowie, PhD, MPH
2019 Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis, PhD
2020 Elizabeth Selvin, PhD, MPH
2021 Nicholas J. Wareham, FMedSci, FRCP, FFPHM, MBBS, MSc, PhD
2022 Jill M. Norris, MPH, PhD
2023 Alka M. Kanaya, MD