2018 Kelly West Award for Outstanding Achievement in Epidemiology
Catherine C. Cowie, PhD
Kelly West Award for Outstanding Achievement in Epidemiology Lecture
Diabetes Diagnosis and Control – Missed Opportunities to Improve Health
Catherine C. Cowie, PhD, is the recipient of the 2018 Kelly West Award for Outstanding Achievement in Epidemiology. Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Merck, this award recognizes significant contributions to the field of diabetes epidemiology. Dr. Cowie will deliver the Kelly West Award Lecture on Sunday, June 24.
Having served most of her career at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Dr. Cowie is now Senior Advisor for the NIDDK Diabetes Epidemiology Program. Her body of work is described in more than 110 original research articles and book chapters. Her research spans the entire terrain of type 1 and type 2 diabetes epidemiology, including landmark studies in diabetes disparities in renal disease, discovery of the link between diabetes and hearing loss, and multiple reports, particularly in national data, on the prevalence of diabetes, prediabetes, diabetes care patterns, and diabetes complications.
Dr. Cowie’s current duties include developing national survey components and analyzing and publishing resultant data. She is the NIDDK project scientist for the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications study, and past project scientist for the Diabetes Prevention Trial—Type 1 Diabetes and TrialNet. She chairs the NIDDK Epidemiology Group Committee and edits the book Diabetes in America, now in its third edition. Beyond this, Dr. Cowie has dedicated much of her time expanding the pipeline of well-trained scientists in diabetes epidemiology through mentorship.
Please join us in recognizing Catherine C. Cowie, PhD, for outstanding contributions to diabetes epidemiology.