Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement Award

2011 Nomination Form

Purpose of Award:
The Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement Award 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.
Criteria for Selection:

Nominee will have demonstrated significant, long-term contribution to the understanding

of diabetes, its treatment and/or prevention.
Publications and teaching experience are primary factors in the selection process.
Nominee must have MD, PhD degree or equivalent.
Both U.S. and non-U.S. residents are eligible for award.
Contributions and volunteer service to both national and international diabetes
organizations and the broader diabetes community may also be taken into consideration.
Candidates Professional Information

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TO COMPLETE YOUR NOMINATION:

Please save a copy of the above nomination form and submit via email to:
ADASciHealthCareAwards@diabetes.org on or before Friday, October 29 (8pm EDT)
with the following additional documents:
1. Letter of nomination (no more than 400 words), signed by no more than 3 individuals, will be
accepted. Letter of nomination should address criteria for selection (see Award Profile below).
2. Nominees CV with career and publication highlights.
3. Annotated list of the nominees 10 most significant publications.

Incomplete nominations will not be accepted

Questions:
Mary Merkin
Manager, Scientific and Medical Division
American Diabetes Association
1701 N. Beauregard Street
Alexandria, VA 22311
Email: ADASciHealthCareAward@diabetes.org
Phone: 703-549-1500; ext 1371

Award Profile:
Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement:
The Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement Award 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.
Criteria for Selection:

Nominee will have demonstrated significant, long-term contribution to the understanding of diabetes, its
treatment and/or prevention.
Publications and teaching experience are primary factors in the selection process.
Nominee must have MD, PhD degree or equivalent.
Both U.S. and non-U.S. residents are eligible for award.

Contributions and volunteer service to both national and international diabetes organizations and the
broader diabetes community may also be taken into consideration.

Award/Lecture/Publication:

Recipient will deliver the Banting Lecture at the annual Scientific Sessions.
Is offered the opportunity to publish the lecture in an ADA Journal.

Honoraria/Award:

The recipient receives a $10,000 honorarium.

Offered the opportunity to publish the lecture in an American Diabetes Association journal.
Award includes round-trip coach airfare for winner and spouse and hotel stay for up to 7-nights. Also
include other meeting related and travel expenses.
Includes complimentary registration to Scientific Sessions for winner and a family member.

Physical Award:

Principal officers present the Award at Scientific Sessions Awards Ceremony prior to Outstanding
Scientific Achievement Award Lecture.
The Banting Medal is adorned (front) with a likeness of Sir Frederick Banting and The Banting Medal of
the American Diabetes Association Founded 1940 and (back) The medal is awarded to (name) for
distinguished service in the interest of doctor and patient. (Date).

Nomination/Submission Process:
To complete a nomination, a saved Nomination Form must be submitted by emailed to:
ADASciHealthCareAwards@diabetes.org, along with the following documents on or before October 29, 2010.

Nominations are accepted from any professional member of the American Diabetes Association.
Letter of nomination (no more than 400 words), signed by no more than 3 individuals, will be accepted.
Letter of nomination should address criteria for selection (see Award Profile below).
Nominees CV with career and publication highlights.
Annotated list of the nominees 10 most significant publications.

Selection: The recipient is chosen by the Medicine, Science, and Health Care Awards Committee and approved by
the Executive Committee of the American Diabetes Association.

Banting Award History:

Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement

The Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement Award 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.
Previous Award Winners
1941 Elliott P. Joslin, MD
1942 William Muhlberg, MD
1943 Fred W. Hipwell, MD
1944 Leonard G. Rowntree, MD
1946 25th Anniversary of Insulin Program
Joseph H. Barach, MD
Bernard A. Houssay, MD
H.C. Hagedorn, MD
R.D. Lawrence, MD
Eugene Opie, MD
University of Toronto
1947 G.H.A. Clowes, PhD
1948 Rolin T. Woodyat, MD
1949 Herbert M. Evans, MD
1950 F.G. Young, DCs
1951 C.N.H. Long, MD
1952 R.R. Bensley, MD
1953 Shields Warren, MD
1954 Sir Henry H. Dale
1955 Carl F. Cori, MD
1956 William C. Stadie, MD
1957 DeWitt Stetten, Jr., MD, PhD
1958 Jerome W. Conn, MD
1959 George W. Thorn, MD

1961 Rachmiel Levine, MD

1962 A. Baird Hastings, PhD
1963 Bernard A. Houssay, MD
1964 Annual meeting Canceled,
IDF/Toronto, 5th Congress 7/64
1965 Solomon A. Berson, MD
1966 Robert H. Williams, MD
1967 Alexander Marble, MD
1968 Arthur R. Colwell, MD
1969 Earl W. Sutherland, MD
1970 Paul E. Lacy, MD
1971 George F. Cahill, Jr., MD
1972 Dorothy C. Hodgkin, PhD
1973 Arnold Lazarow, MD, PhD
1974 Albert E. Renold, MD
1975 Roger H. Unger, MD
1976 Donald F. Steiner, MD
1977 David M. Kipnis, MD
1978 Stefan S. Fajans, MD
1979 Charles R. Park, MD
1980 Norbert Freinkel, MD
1981 Lelio Orci, MD
1982 Jesse Roth, MD
1983 Arthur H. Rubenstein, MD

1984 Daniel W. Foster, MD

1985 Bjorn Nerup, MD
1986 Albert I. Winegrad, MD
1987 Joseph Larner, MD, PhD
1988 Gerald M. Reaven, MD
1989 Ora Rosen, MD
1990 Daniel Porte, Jr., MD
1991 Mladen Vranic, MD
1992 Gian Franco Bottazzo, MD
1993 C. Ronald Kahn, MD
1994 Philip E. Cryer, MD
1995 Franz M. Matschinsky, MD,
PhD
1996 Peter H. Bennett, MB, PhD
1997 Alan D. Cherrington, PhD
1998 Jerrold M. Olefsky, MD
1999 Anthony Cerami, PhD
2000 Michael P. Czech, PhD
2001 J. Denis McGarry, PhD
2002 Samuel W. Cushman, PhD
2003 Aldo A. Rossini, MD
2004 Michael A. Brownlee, MD
2005 Jeffrey S. Flier, MD
2006 Richard N. Bergman, PhD
2007 Robert S. Sherwin, MD
2008 Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD
2009 George S. Eisenbarth, MD, PhD
2010 Robert A. Rizza, MD

The National Scientific Achievement Awards will be presented at the

American Diabetes Association 71st Scientific Sessions, June 24-28, 2011, at the
San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California
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