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The American Diabetes Association, the nation’s leading voluntary health organization in the fight to Stop Diabetes^®, is proud to announce this year’s recipients of the National Scientific & Health Care Achievement Awards.

The following leaders will receive their awards on Monday, June 24, at 10:15 a.m., at the Association’s 73^rd Scientific Sessions^® taking place at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago. 

National Scientific & Health Care Achievement Award Recipients 

Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement
Name: Graeme I. Bell, PhD
Title:   Louis Block Distinguished Service Professor, Departments of Medicine and Human Genetics; Director of the Diabetes Research Training Center, University of Chicago, Chicago

Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award
Name: Jens C. Brüning, MD
Title:   Director, Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine, Institute of Genetics, University of Cologne; Directory, Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research, Cologne, Germany

Albert Renold Award
Name: Peter H. Bennett, MB, ChB, FRCP, FFPH
Title:   Scientist Emeritus, Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Phoenix

Outstanding Educator in Diabetes Award
Name: Ann L. Albright, PhD, RD
Title:   Director, Division of Diabetes Translation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta

Outstanding Physician Clinician in Diabetes Award
Name: Guillermo Umpierrez, MD, FACP, FACE
Title:   Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta 

Harold Rifkin Award for Distinguished International Service in the Cause of Diabetes
Name: Graham Ogle, MBBS, FRACP
Title:   General Manager, International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Life for a Child Program, North Epping, Australia

Kelly West Award for Outstanding Achievement in Epidemiology
Name: Edward J. Boyko, MD, MPH
Title:   Staff Physician, Veteran Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle; Professor, Department of Medicine; Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle 

Behavioral Medicine and Psychology Interest Group Award Lecture for Distinguished Contributions
Name: Margaret Grey, DrPH, RN, FAAN
Title:   Dean and Annie Goodrich Professor, Yale School of Nursing, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 

Norbert Frienkel Award Lecture
Name: Caroline Anne Crowther, MD, FRANZCOG, FRCOG, CMFM
Title:   Professor of Maternal & Perinatal Health, Liggins Institute, University of Auckland; Clinical Director, Australian Research Centre for Health of Women and Babies, The University of Adelaide, South Australia

Roger Pecoraro Award Lecture
Name: Christopher E. Attinger, MD, FACS
Title:   Professor, Departments of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery; Chief, Division of Wound Healing, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C. 

Edwin Bierman Award Lecture
Name: Joseph L. Witztum, MD
Title:   Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego

More than 14,000 top scientists, physicians and other health care professionals from around the world will share the latest cutting-edge research and learn the most up-to-date information on prevention, treatment and care, at the Association's Scientific Sessions taking place June 21-25, 2013.