Dr. Roman Hovorka will be awarded a Certificate of Honor, US$200,000 and a Japanese objet d’art on March, 2026. The award ceremony will be held on March, 2026.

The Selection Committee highly recognized Dr. Hovorka’s pioneering contributions over the years to develop a glucose control algorithm for the closed-loop insulin delivery system. The Committee also highly recognized his landmark contributions to conducting clinical trials demonstrating safety and efficacy of the closed-loop insulin delivery system, which has resulted in meaningful improvements in quality of life for people with type 1 diabetes and their families.

~ 2025　Selection Committee Members ~

Dr. Masato Kasuga (Chairman)
Director, The Institute of Medical Science Asahi Life Foundation
Honorary President, National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Dr. Hiroshi Ikegami
Professor Emeritus, Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes,
Kindai University
Dr. Kohjiro Ueki
Director, Diabetes Research Center, National Institute of Global Health and
Medicine, Japan Institute for Health Security
Dr. Frances M Ashcroft
DBE FRS, FMedSci
Department of Physiology, Anatomy＆Genetics
University of Oxford
Dr. Douglas A Melton
Distinguished Research Fellow, Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
Harvard University, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology.
Dr. Domenico Accili
Russell Berrie Foundation Professor of Diabetes,
Director of the Diabetes Research Center,
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Dr. Gerald I Shulman
George R. Cowgill Professor of Physiological Chemistryy
Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Physiology
Co-Director Yale Diabetes Research Center
Yale School of Medicine