International Award

Dr. James Shapiro wins International Award for Diabetes Research

18 April 2022

Congratulations to Dr. James Shapiro on becoming one of the first recipients of a new international award that marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin. The Leonard Award was launched by Eli Lilly and Company – a global pharmaceutical company that was first to commercially produce insulin, under an agreement with the University of Toronto for the Americas. Leonard Thompson was the first person to be successfully treated with insulin aged 14 in 1922.