Mr. Takashi Shoda, president of the Manpei Suzuki Diabetes Foundation gave the opening address and presented the 2015 Manpei Suzuki International Prize for Diabetes Research to Dr. Takashi Kadowaki, Professor and Chairman, Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, on March 3, 2016 at a ceremony held in Tokyo, Japan.

Dr. Kadowaki received a Certificate of Honor, US$150,000, and a Japanese objet d’art.

Dr. Masato Kasuga, the chair of the Selection Committee presented the reason for bestowing the 2015 Prize to Dr. Takashi Kadowaki

Seated, left to right

Masato Kasuga
Chairman of the Selection Committee
National Center for Global Health and Medicine

Takashi Kadowaki
Winner of the prize
The University of Tokyo

Dr. (Mrs.) Hiroko Kadowaki
Spouse of the prize winner

Takashi Shoda
President, Manpei Suzuki Diabetes Foundation

Back row, left to right

Toshikazu Honda
Managing Director, Manpei Suzuki Diabetes Foundation

Graeme I. Bell
Member of the Selection Committee
University of Chicago

Masakazu Haneda
Member of the Selection Committee
Asahikawa Medical University

Domenico Accili
Nominator of the winner
Columbia University