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The 2020 Norbert Freinkel Award Lecture. Diabetes Care 1 May 2021; 44 (5): 1075–1081

ADA AWARDS LECTURE| MAY 10 2020

Paradigm Shifts in the Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy: The Importance of Type 2 Diabetes and Early Hyperglycemia in Pregnancy: The 2020 Norbert Freinkel Award Lecture 

For over 50 years, the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has been based upon an oral glucose tolerance test at 24–28 weeks’ gestation. This is the time during pregnancy when insulin resistance is increasing and hyperglycemia develops among those with insufficient insulin secretory capacity to maintain euglycemia. 

David Simmons, MA, MBBS, FRACP, FRCP, MD (Cantab), is the recipient of the 2020 Norbert Freinkel Award, given in memory of Norbert Freinkel, a dedicated investigator and thought leader. This award honors a researcher who has made outstanding contributions to the understanding and treatment of diabetes in pregnancy. Distinguished Professor Simmons delivered the Norbert Freinkel Award lecture on Saturday, June 13. View it at ADA2020.org.

This lecture award is given in memory of Norbert Freinkel, a dedicated and insightful investigator, as well as gifted writer to honor a researcher who has made outstanding contributions to the field of diabetes and pregnancy.

David Simmons; Paradigm Shifts in the Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy: The Importance of Type 2 Diabetes and Early Hyperglycemia in Pregnancy: The 2020 Norbert Freinkel Award Lecture. Diabetes Care 1 May 2021; 44 (5): 1075–1081. https://doi.org/10.2337/dci20-0055.

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