Diabetes researcher honored

Robert S. Sherwin, M.D., the C.N.H. Long Professor of Medicine, chief of the Section of Endocrinology, and director of the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation and the Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center, received the American Diabetes Association’s prestigious 2011 Albert Renold Award in June.

The Albert Renold Award is presented to an individual whose career is distinguished by outstanding achievements in the training of diabetes research scientists and facilitation of diabetes research. Sherwin has served as director of the training program in diabetes and metabolism at Yale for 26 years, where he has taught many diabetes researchers to design studies, collect and analyze data, and present the results.