Prize for Innovation in Pediatric Diabetes Care
This prize focuses on diabetes in childhood by recognizing innovations to improve health and quality of care for children and young people
The ISPAD Prize for Innovation in Pediatric Diabetes Care is kindly supported by Abbott.
The prize winner will be invited to attend ISPAD’s Annual Conference to officially receive the award at ISPAD’s Networking & Recognition Evening. ISPAD will cover registration, Economy travel, and accommodation.
ISPAD is honored to announce that 2025 ISPAD Prize for Innovation in Pediatric Diabetes Care winner is:

Sujoy Ghosh
Dr. Ghosh is Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education & Research (IPGME&R), Kolkata, India. He previously worked at the University Hospital of Ayr, Scotland, UK.
Upon returning to India, Dr. Ghosh re-joined the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism at IPGME&R, where he had completed his post-doctoral training. He is actively involved in teaching and mentoring post-doctoral fellows, postgraduate and Ph.D. students, as well as paramedical and support staff involved in endocrine and diabetes care.
He has worked to improve lives of children living with Type 1 diabetes (T1D). He successfully established the first pediatric diabetes clinic in a government set up in Eastern India, providing free insulin, glucose meters/blood glucose test strips along with laboratory investigations to children living with T1D. Inspired by its success, he developed and implemented a structured model of care for T1D in West Bengal, India with help and support from the Government of West Bengal. Model clinics were established at secondary care level (district hospitals), delivering intermediate-level care (aligned with international standards), by trained physicians, nurses, and NCD counsellors. This started as a pilot project in 5 districts of West Bengal. This is under the state National Health Mission and has received support from the central government. The methodology paper for this model is already published.
The model demonstrated significant improvements: better glycemic control, healthier injection sites, improved growth and development, no diabetic ketoacidosis or deaths, fewer hypoglycemic episodes, reduced hospitalizations and expenditures, and enhanced quality of life and psychological well-being for both children and families.
Based on its success, Dr. Ghosh has scaled it up to cover next 10 districts in West Bengal as approved by the Central Government for Program Implementation Plan starting April 1, 2024.
He has provided inputs to T1D section of the proposed national health policy on Type 1 Diabetes of Government of India. Once launched, model clinics will be established in every district hospital of India based on this model.
Previous winners
2023: ISPAE Diabetes Education And Learning (IDEAL), India
2022: Action4Diabetes - Charles Toomey and Jerry Gore
2021: Osagie Ebekozien, USA
2020: Henk J. Aanstoot and Henk Veeze, Netherlands
2019: Peter Goss, Australia
2018: Bruce Buckingham, USA
2017: Peter Adolfsson, Sweden
2016: SWEET Consortium, international
2015: Roman Hovorka, UK
2014: Henrik Mortensen, Denmark
2013: Reinhard Holl, Germany
2012: Center for Rare Forms of Diabetes EXETER, UK
2011: Nicholas Woolfield, Australia
2010: Manuel Vera Gonzalez, Cuba
How to nominate a candidate for this prize?
Nominations for this category can be submitted by ISPAD members. A person can be nominated only by a third party. No self-nominations will be accepted.
The nominator should provide all documents below (in English):
- A letter from the person/institution issuing the nomination specifying the reason for the nomination. The letter should highlight the innovation and describe how different it is from what has been established, its impact on care and change of the current practice, its significance for diabetes care, and how significant or needed this innovation is.
- The complete CV of the candidate.
Nominations for the 2025 ISPAD Prizes are closed. Thank you for celebrating excellence with us!
Send all the documents mentioned above to [email protected].
Eligibility criteria
- Current ISPAD member and ISPAD membership (individual or the organization’s members) for at least 50% of the last 2 years or professional relation between ISPAD and the organization
- All professions
- Candidates can be from any country
- There are no age restrictions