Director, Institute of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism Rambam Health Care Campus Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa Head, High risk population committee, Israel National Diabetes Council Ministry of Health President, Israel Diabetes Association Professor Naim Shehadeh is an Endocrinologist who graduated from the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at the Technion and at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa. He completed postgraduate research training at the Barbara Davis Center for the Study of Diabetes – Denver, Co, USA. Professor Shehadeh's main research and clinical interests are: 1. Pathogenesis and prevention of type 1 DM. 2. Diabetes complication prevention trials. 3. Intervention program: a community project for prevention of obesity and diabetes in high-risk communities. 4. Developing of a new infant formula enriched with bioactive hormones such as insulin. Significant awards and honors: 1. Hershel Rich – Technion Innovation Award, “Human Insulin Additive for Infant Formula”, 2002 2. Outstanding lecturer, student survey, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel, 2000, 2005, 2006 and 2007. 3. Raymond and Miriam Klein Prize for Research, "New infant formula enriched with insulin", 2006. 4. Hershel Rich – Technion Innovation Award, “A Novel Biomarker for Autoimmune diabetes”, 2008.