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Dr. Kahn is President and Director of the Joslin Diabetes Center, and the Mary K. Iacocca Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. During his more than 20-year tenure at the Joslin Diabetes Center, he has led the research program in its growth from $2 million to over $45 million in annual research funding, with a current staff of over 300 people. In addition, Dr. Kahn heads a very productive laboratory of his own focused on the mechanisms of insulin action, insulin resistance and type II diabetes. He also has overall responsibility for the Boston-based clinical programs and a wide range of outreach programs. Dr. Kahn has received the highest scientific awards of the American Diabetes Association, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, International Diabetes Federation, the American Federation of Clinical Research, and the Endocrine Society of the U.S. In 1999, Dr. Kahn received two prestigious national honors -- election to membership in the National Academy of Sciences and election to the Institute of Medicine, for his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
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