Bernd Schultes, M.D. associated professor at the University of Luebeck, Germany has been selected as the Somogyi awardee for 2012. The 2012 Somogyi Award of Hungarian Diabetes Association was handed over at the biannual meeting of the Association running from 12-15 April.

About the award
To pay tribute to the outstanding achievements of Michael Somogyi (1883-1971), the Hungarian Diabetes Association established the international SOMOGYI AWARD in 2002. The award is given in relation to research – clinical or experimental – for the better understanding of hypoglycemia in diabetic patients.