Gerald I. Shulman, M.D., Ph.D.

Gerald I. Shulman, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine (endocrinology), and of cellular and molecular physiology, was one of two researchers awarded the Boehringer Mannheim and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International Diabetes Care Research Award for 1997. The $100,000 prize, presented at the International Diabetes Federation Meeting in July in Helskini, is awarded to stimulate innovation in the field of diabetes research leading to practical advances in prevention, detection, treatment and cure for diabetes and its complications.