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for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) joint
position statement, "Management of
Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes." He
has also served in leadership roles, is
Past President of the Danish Endocrine
Society and European Diabetic
Nephropathy Study Group, and received
two awards presented by the EASD.
Norbert Freinkel
Award: Assiamira
Ferrara, MD, PhD
Presented by the
Pregnancy &
Reproductive Health
Interest Group
Dr. Ferrara serves as associate director
of the Division of Research at Kaiser
Permanente Northern California, leading
the Women's and Children's Health section. She is also director of the Diabetes
and Obesity Prevention Core at the
Center for Diabetes Translation Research.
The author of more than 130 publications, Dr. Ferrara is one of the most
prolific researchers in the field of diabetes
and pregnancy. She was one of the first
scientists to document increases in the
prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and to advocate for health
systems to improve GDM diagnosis,
treatment, and prevention. Her scientific
contributions include finding that the
Carpenter-Coustan glycemic thresholds
were predictive of neonatal complications among women without GDM and
overseeing a large, cluster-randomized
trial among women with GDM demonstrating that a Diabetes Prevention
Program-derived lifestyle intervention
beginning during pregnancy reduced
gestational weight gain, the proportion
of large-for-gestational age infants, and
postpartum weight retention.
Dr. Ferrara has served in various
national and international leadership
roles, including as previous chair of the
ADA's Pregnancy & Reproductive Health
Interest Group and Scientific Sessions
Planning Committee. She is also a mentor for many early-career investigators in
the field.

Roger Pecoraro Award:
James Wrobel, DPM,
MS
Presented by the Foot
Care Interest Group
Dr. Wrobel is a clinical associate professor in the Division of Metabolism,
Endocrinology, and Diabetes at the
University of Michigan. He also serves
as a staff podiatrist at the VA Ann Arbor
Healthcare System in Ann Arbor, MI.
Dr. Wrobel's research, which has focused
on the pathophysiology, prevention, and
treatment of diabetes-related foot complications and their broader context, has
significantly enhanced our understanding
of diabetic foot care. His efforts include
pioneering machine learning and image
analysis methods that predict foot ulceration and healing, exploring novel risk
factors for Charcot neuroarthropathy,
and understanding and reducing racial
disparities in rates of diabetes-related
amputations in the United States.
An internationally recognized researcher
and clinician, Dr. Wrobel has held volunteer leadership roles in various organizations. He has been an active member
of the ADA's Research Grant Review
Committee and a reviewer for Diabetes
Care and is a current member the
American Podiatric Medical Association's
Clinical Practice Committee.
Richard R. Rubin
Award: Frank J. Snoek,
PhD
Presented by the
Behavioral Medicine
& Psychology Interest
Group
Dr. Snoek is a professor and head of
the Department of Medical Psychology
at Amsterdam University Medical
Centers in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Additionally, he chairs the Diabetes
Psychology Research Group and is the
leading clinician of the center's specialized mental health clinic for patients
with diabetes.

Throughout his career, Dr. Snoek has
received more than 30 major research
and training grants, published more than
200 articles in peer-reviewed journals,
co-edited two handbooks, and presented
major international addresses. His research emphasizes the importance of furthering psychological needs assessment
and diabetes-specific interventions in
diabetes care. His research group developed internationally used psychological
measures and evidence-based therapies
for use in diabetes clinics. He is now
working on a service model for patients
with diabetes that combines face-to-face
and Internet treatment tailored to individuals' psychological profiles. Recently,
he developed a self-help app for mental
vitality for people with diabetes.
A renowned leader in medical psychology, Dr. Snoek has served on seven
editorial boards of high-impact journals,
and held board memberships in major diabetes organizations including the ADA,
EASD and the International Diabetes
Federation. He was the founding chair
of the EASD Psychosocial Aspects of
Diabetes Study Group.
Michaela Modan Memorial Award
Presented by the Public Health &
Epidemiology Interest Group
The group of scientists listed below has
been awarded the Michaela Modan
Memorial Award, given in honor of Dr.
Michaela Modan, an Israeli epidemiologist who made major contributions to the
understanding of type 2 diabetes, insulin
resistance, hypertension, and diabetes
complications.
The scientists received the award for their
abstract "Metabolomic Profiling and
Diabetes Risk in U.S. Hispanics/Latinos:
Hispanic Community Health Study/
Study of Latinos."
Award winners included: Jin Choul
Chai, PhD; Jun Li, PhD; Bing Yu, PhD;
Carmen Isasi, MD, PhD; Tanseem
Khambaty, PhD; Linda Van Horn,
PhD, RN; Denise C. Vidot, PhD; Sheila
Castaneda, PhD; Eric Boerwinkle, PhD;
and Qibin Qi, PhD.

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