With the medal, the society honours international hormone researchers who continue Berthold’s legacy with their ground-breaking findings.
Sir Stephen leads one of the world’s largest institutes for metabolic research at the University of Cambridge and his findings have been recognised internationally. In 2013 he was knighted for services to medical research, specifically, his work in obesity and diabetes research.
He is Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine at the University of Cambridge, Director of the Medical Research Council Metabolic Diseases Unit and Scientific Director of the Cambridge NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and honorary consultant physician at CUHFT
The award took place as part of the Berthold Lecture where Professor O’Rahilly , from Cambridge’s Institute of Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Laboratories, gave an insight into his scientific work with his lecture “Adventures in Endocrinology, Metabolism and Behaviour”.
Afterwards Sir Stephen said: