Awards

Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement Award

Award Profile

The Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement is the highest scientific award of the American Diabetes Association.  Given in memory of Sir Frederick Banting, a medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate who is noted as one of the key investigators in the discovery of insulin, the Banting Medal is awarded annually to honor highly meritorious career achievement in the field of diabetes research.  

Past Award Recipients

2023 - Matthias H. Tschöp, MD
2022 - Professor Dame Frances Ashcroft
2021 - Jens Juul Holst, MD, DrMedSci
2020 - Ele Ferrannini, MD
2019 - Stephen O’Rahilly, MD
2018 - Gerald I. Shulman, MD, PhD