Applications are now open to deliver one of the prestigious Named Lectures at the Diabetes UK Professional Conference in 2018.
The Named Lectures form a central feature of the Diabetes UK Professional Conference and provide a platform from which to disseminate information about recent developments in research and progressive thinking about diabetes care. They also provide high profile recognition of the lecturer's outstanding contribution to diabetes care.
Healthcare and research professionals who have made an outstanding contribution to developments in diabetes care are invited to apply for these highly respected awards. Applications will be accepted directly from individuals, or through nominations on behalf of others, providing they have given consent.
The elected lecturers will receive:
- an honorarium
- access to the three day conference
- free travel and accommodation for the conference.
How to apply
If you are intending to apply please emailhealthcare@diabetes.org.ukbefore you submit your application so that we are able to gauge the number of applications we are likely to receive for each lecture.
Application forms can be downloaded from the Downloads box. Please note that there are separate application forms for the Rank Prize Funds Nutrition Lecture and the Mary MacKinnon Lecture.
Please send the completed form to by. Application forms can be downloaded from the Downloads box. Please note that there is a separate application form for the Mary MacKinnon Lecture.
Named Lectures criteria
Arnold Bloom Lecture Award
In keeping with the ideals of Arnold Bloom, this lecture is awarded to a person who is a healthcare professional working in diabetes care and has contributed significantly to improving the quality of clinical care of people with diabetes.
Banting Memorial Lecture Award
The Banting Memorial Lecture is the highest award bestowed by Diabetes UK. The lecture is awarded to a person internationally recognised for their eminence in the field of diabetes.
Dorothy Hodgkin Lecture Award
The lecture will be awarded to a person internationally recognised for the contribution to basic research in the field of diabetes
Janet Kinson Lecture Award
In keeping with the ideals of Janet Kinson, this award highlights education as an integral part of diabetes care, and is open to all health professionals, whose work in diabetes demonstrates a commitment to the delivery of education as a fundamental aspect of clinical care.
Mary MacKinnon Lecture Award
This lecture will be awarded to a diabetes team working collaboratively to provide integrated person-centred care in the community.
RD Lawrence Lecture Award
The lecturer must be a professional member of Diabetes UK actively working in the field of basic or clinical science in diabetes in the British Isles at the time of his/her election to the Lectureship. The lecturer should have no more than 20 years' post-doctoral research experience when the lecture is delivered. Allowance will be given to applicants whose career has been subject to a late start or interruption for family or personal reasons.
Rank Prize Funds Nutrition Lecture
This lecture is kindly funded by the Rank Prize Funds in memory of Professor Harry Keen who sadly passed away in 2013. Professor Keen, who sat on the Rank Prize Funds Committee for over 22 years, was a physician and epidemiologist who did much to shape the modern understanding of diabetes and its treatment. The lecture is specifically focused on nutrition and is open to those working or carrying out research in this area.
