Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement 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. Criteria for Selection: • Nominee will have demonstrated highly original, sustained and reproducible scholarship that has made major contributions to the understanding of diabetes, its treatment and/or prevention • Nominee must have MD, PhD, 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. Lecture/Publication of Lecture: • Recipient will deliver the Banting Lecture at the 80th Scientific Sessions in Chicago, IL; June 12-16, 2020. • Recipient will be offered the opportunity to publish their lecture in an American Diabetes Association scientific journal. Honorarium/Travel/Registration: • The recipient receives a $20,000 honorarium. • Award includes two round-trip coach airfares and hotel accommodations for up to 7-nights and other travel related expenses. • Includes two complimentary registrations to Scientific Sessions for recipient and guest. 2020 Nomination/Submission Process: • 2020 nominations must be submitted using the electronic nomination form. All submissions must be received on or before 8pm ET, September 13, 2019. • Nominations are accepted from any professional member of the American Diabetes Association. All Banting nominations must have the following documents uploaded as one .pdf file: o 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. o Nominee’s biography. o Nominee’s CV with career and publication highlights. o Annotated list of the nominee’s 10 most significant publications. Questions? Contact Gedeon Topacio, Program Manager, Research & Scientific Programs by email at [email protected] or call 703-549-1500, ext 1388. Selection: The recipient is chosen by the National Medicine, Science and Health Care Awards Committee and approved by the Executive Committee of the American Diabetes Association, February 2020. Previous Banting Medal Recipients and Lecturers: 1941 Elliott P. Joslin, MD 1969 Earl W. Sutherland, MD 2016 Barbara B. Kahn, MD 1942 William Muhlberg, MD Robert L. Jackson, MD 2017 Domenico Accili, MD 1943 Fred W. Hipwell, MD 1970 Paul E. Lacy, MD 2018 Gerald I. Shulman, MD, PhD, 1944 Leonard G. Rowntree, MD 1971 George F. Cahill, Jr., MD FACP, MACE 1946 25th Anniversary of Insulin William R. Kirtley, MD 2019 Stephen P. O’Rahilly, MD Program 1972 Dorothy C. Hodgkin, PhD Bernardo A. Houssay, MD 1973 Arnold Lazarow, MD, PhD H.C. Hagedorn, MD 1974 Albert E. Renold, MD R.D. Lawrence, MD 1975 Roger H. Unger, MD Eugene Opie, MD 1976 Donald F. Steiner, MD University of Toronto 1977 David M. Kipnis, MD 1947 G.H.A. Clowes, PhD 1978 Stefan S. Fajans, MD 1948 Rollin T. Woodyatt, MD 1979 Charles R. Park, MD 1949 Herbert M. Evans, MD 1980 Norbert Freinkel, MD Frederick M. Allen, MD 1981 Lelio Orci, MD 1950 F.G. Young, DCs 1982 Jesse Roth, MD 1951 C.N.H. Long, MD 1983 Arthur H. Rubenstein, MD 1952 R.R. Bensley, MD 1984 Daniel W. Foster, MD 1953 Shields Warren, MD 1985 Bjorn Nerup, MD Walter R. Campbell, MD 1986 Albert I. Winegrad, MD A. Almon Fletcher, MD 1987 Joseph Larner, MD, PhD 1954 Sir Henry H. Dale 1988 Gerald M. Reaven, MD 1955 Carl F. Cori, MD 1989 Ora Rosen, MD Eugene F. DuBois, MD 1990 Daniel Porte, Jr., MD 1956 William C. Stadie, MD 1991 Mladen Vranic, MD 1957 DeWitt Stetten, Jr., MD, PhD 1992 Gian Franco Bottazzo, MD John R. Murlin, PhD, DSc 1993 C. Ronald Kahn, MD 1958 Jerome W. Conn, MD 1994 Philip E. Cryer, MD William H. Olmsted, MD 1995 Franz M. Matschinsky, MD, PhD 1959 George W. Thorn, MD 1996 Peter H. Bennett, MB, PhD E.T. Bell, MD 1997 Alan D. Cherrington, PhD 1960 Priscilla White, MD 1998 Jerrold M. Olefsky, MD J.P. Collip, MD 1999 Anthony Cerami, PhD 1961 Rachmiel Levine, MD 2000 Michael P. Czech, PhD 1962 A. Baird Hastings, PhD 2001 J. Denis McGarry, PhD 1963 Bernardo A. Houssay, MD 2002 Samuel W. Cushman, PhD Garfield G. Duncan, MD 2003 Aldo A. Rossini, MD 1964 Francis D.W. Lukens, MD 2004 Michael A. Brownlee, MD Moses Barron, MD 2005 Jeffrey S. Flier, MD Joseph P. Hoet, MD 2006 Richard N. Bergman, PhD Leland S. McKittrick, MD 2007 Robert S. Sherwin, MD Peter J. Maloney, PhD 2008 Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD David A. Scott, PhD 2009 George S. Eisenbarth, MD, PhD Ernst Wertheimer, MD 2010 Robert A. Rizza, MD 1965 Solomon A. Berson, MD 2011 Barbara E. Corkey, PhD I. Arthur Mirsky, MD 2012 Bruce M. Spiegelman, PhD 1966 Robert H. Williams, MD 2013 Graeme I. Bell, PhD 1967 Alexander Marble, MD 2014 Daniel J. Drucker, MD 1968 Arthur R. Colwell, MD 2015 Philipp E. Scherer, PhD .