ADA 83rd Scientific Sessions Final Program - 14

AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIA TION
Norbert Freinkel Award
Helen R. Murphy, MBBChBAO, MD, FRACP
Norbert Freinkel Award Lecture
A Diabetes Pregnancy Technology Road Map
Helen R. Murphy, MBBChBAO, MD, FRACP, is the recipient of the 2023 Norbert Freinkel
Award. This award honors a researcher who has made outstanding contributions to
the understanding and treatment of diabetes in pregnancy. Dr. Murphy will deliver the
Norbert Freinkel Award Lecture on Sunday, June 25.
Currently a professor of medicine (Diabetes and Antenatal Care) at the University of
East Anglia and a practicing clinician at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS
Trust, Cambridge University NHS Foundation Trust, Dr. Murphy runs a diabetes pregnancy research program that supports
women with diabetes to achieve the pregnancy glucose targets. She co-led the CONCEPTT Continuous Glucose
Monitoring (CGM) trial, which demonstrated health benefits for mothers with type 1 diabetes and their newborns, as
well as the potential for substantial health care cost savings.
Dr. Murphy works with a multidisciplinary team of diabetes and obstetric clinicians, engineers, and social scientists
to develop and evaluate closed-loop insulin delivery systems. She also serves as clinical lead for the National
Pregnancy in Diabetes (NPID) audit, which is the largest population-based study in diabetes pregnancy. Data from
NPID directly informs national health care policy, highlighting the urgent need to improve glycemic management in
type 2 diabetes pregnancy. Please join us in celebrating Helen R. Murphy, MBBChBAO, MD, FRACP, for outstanding
contributions to the understanding and treatment of diabetes in pregnancy.
Edwin Bierman Award
Elizabeth J. Parks, PhD
Edwin Bierman Award Lecture
Benefits of Lowering Liver Fat in Prediabetes and Diabetes
Elizabeth J. Parks, PhD, is the recipient of the 2023 Edwin Bierman Award. This award
recognizes a leading scientist who has made outstanding contributions in the field of
diabetes-related macrovascular complications and related risk factors. Dr. Parks will
deliver the Edwin Bierman Award Lecture on Friday, June 23.
Dr. Parks is a professor of medicine in the Department of Nutrition and Exercise
Physiology and Department of Medicine, both in the School of Medicine at the University
of Missouri. She also serves as associate director of the Clinical Translational Science Unit and as an investigator
in the university's NextGen Precision Health Initiative. Her research focuses on understanding how food is processed
in the body to benefit health and how it can also contribute to the progression of diseases such as obesity, prediabetes,
and diabetes.
Over the past 24 years, Dr. Parks has developed methods using stable isotopes, mass spectrometry, and mathematical
modeling to discover how the body switches metabolism from the fasting to the fed state. Her laboratory's
seminal contributions have included understanding the fate of dietary sugars that can be made into fat in the liver
significantly contributing to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Her current research is discovering the mechanisms
by which weight loss and exercise can lead to the resolution of NASH and diabetes. Please join us in celebrating
Elizabeth J. Parks, PhD, for outstanding contributions in the field of diabetes-related macrovascular complications.
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