Discover the work of Dr. Charles Best’s final post-doctoral fellow.

The scientist behind the purification of insulin.

American Civil War veteran, inventor, chemist, philanthropist and founder of Eli Lilly & Co. - one of the first companies to provide a mass-produced insulin product for the treatment of diabetes.

This couple brought insulin to people living with diabetes in Nordic countries and founded international pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk.

One woman’s mission to access insulin during World War II.

Without the discovery of insulin in 1921, American physician and diabetic George Minot would likely not have lived to discover a treatment for pernicious anemia.

The remarkable tale of the only known case of a Holocaust survivor living with type I diabetes.

An American medical physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the development of the radioimmunoassay for insulin in 1977.

Developed the field of obstetric diabetes.

Executive Director of Diabetes Canada and an advocate for better diabetes care.

A patient-oriented researcher living with type 1 diabetes.

A digital health innovator who is revolutionizing the way we study, manage and care for diabetes.

Researching better health outcomes for pregnant people living with diabetes.

Uncovering how and why insulin resistance develops in type 2 diabetes.

President and Science Director at the Gairdner Foundation whose early developmental biology research was supported by the Banting Research Foundation.

Endocrinologist and former CEO of Diabetes Canada who developed the algorithm that determined how many people in Canada live with diabetes.

Canada’s top doctor is also an ardent advocate for diabetes prevention and has worked tirelessly towards creating supportive environments that foster positive changes for people susceptible to diabetes.

Recipient of a Banting Research Foundation grant, which helped launch her distinguished research career exploring and expanding healthcare provided to retinoblastoma patients.

Nurse and founder of the Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre.

A nurse and diabetes educator who has worked tirelessly to support diabetes patients facing housing insecurity.