The awards honour academics, health care providers, and educators who have contributed to substantial advances in diabetes care and research.
Radcliffe Department of Medicine Professor Rury R. Holman, Mb.ChB., FRCP (Lond.), FMedSci is the recipient of the 2024 Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement, which recognises significant long-term contributions to the understanding, treatment, or prevention of diabetes.
Professor Holman confirmed that declining beta-cell function, as opposed to insulin resistance, was the main driver for type 2 diabetes.
To facilitate self-care for people with diabetes, he co-invented the earliest automated finger-pricker and automated insulin pen.
He co-led the UK Prospective Diabetes which first demonstrated intensive blood glucose and tight blood pressure management minimise type 2 diabetes-related complications, and subsequently identified the potentially life-long 'legacy' effects of early good glycemic management and metformin therapy.
Read the full story on the Radcliffe Department of Medicine website