21/06/2019

The “2019 Harold Rifkin Award for Distinguished International Service in the Cause of Diabetes” honours Professor Chan’s outstanding performance in research, evaluation and care in the field of diabetes from a global perspective and with an international impact. (Photo source: American Diabetes Association)

Professor Juliana Chan Receives “2019 Harold Rifkin Award for Distinguished International Service in the Cause of Diabetes” for Outstanding Research and Care in Diabetes

Professor Juliana Chung Ngor CHAN from the Faculty of Medicine at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has received the “2019 Harold Rifkin Award for Distinguished International Service in the Cause of Diabetes”. This is an international annual award presented by the American Diabetes Association (ADA). It honours individuals who have demonstrated outstanding research, evaluation and care in the field of diabetes from a global perspective and with an international impact. The award was presented to Professor CHAN at the ADA’s 79th Scientific Sessions in San Francisco on 10 June.

Professor Chan and her multidisciplinary team are devoted to the discovery, dissemination and application of knowledge in the field of diabetes and its co-morbidities in Chinese populations. Inspired by the marked benefits of team-based, protocol-driven care in clinical trial setting, she has integrated the components of structured assessment, risk stratification, personalised reporting and decision support into the first and foremost web-based Joint Asia Diabetes Evaluation® (JADE) Technology, which translates evidence into practice and evaluates the cost-effectiveness of interventions in real-world settings in Asia.

Professor CHAN has published more than 500 papers and 20 book chapters in her more than 30-year academic life. She is a member of the NIH-funded Global Consortium to discover genetic markers for diabetes and its complications. She sits on steering committees of multicentre outcome trials, and advisory boards for government and non-government organisations, including the World Health Organization and IDF, a global advocacy body for people with diabetes.

About the Harold Rifkin Award for Distinguished International Service in the Cause of Diabetes

The Award is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Harold Rifkin, an internationally recognised clinician, researcher and educator in diabetes. It is one of the highest scientific achievement awards of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), given annually to an individual whose efforts have increased the awareness of the burden of diabetes worldwide to improve the care and lives of those with diabetes. For more details: https://professional.diabetes.org/content-page/harold-rifkin-award-distinguished-international-service-cause-diabetes.

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) presents the “2019 Harold Rifkin Award for Distinguished International Service in the Cause of Diabetes”, an international annual award of ADA, to Professor Juliana Chung Ngor CHAN, Chair Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics from the Faculty of Medicine at CUHK, at their 79th Scientific Sessions.

Original source: Press Release on 20 June 2019, CUHK Communication and Public Relations Office Website CUHK Medicine Professor Juliana Chan Receives International Honour for Outstanding Research and Care in Diabetes