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rury.holman@dtu.ox.ac.uk


+44 (0)1865 857240


Tracey Walker
patoruryholman@dtu.ox.ac.uk


Diabetes Trials Unit


ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1256-874X


Diabetes Trials Unit, OCDEM, Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Headington, OXFORD. OX3 7LJ

Rury Holman

MB, ChB. FRCP(Lon). FMedSci

Emeritus Professor of Diabetic Medicine

  • Emeritus Diabetes Trials Unit Director
  • Emeritus NIHR Senior Investigator
  • Honorary Consultant Physician

Rury Holman trained in medicine at the University of Bristol and was appointed Honorary Consultant Physician to the University of Oxford NHS Hospitals Trust in 1985, at which time he founded the University of Oxford Diabetes Trials Unit. He was appointed as the first Professor of Diabetic Medicine at the University of Oxford in 1998 and as the founding Academic Chairman of the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM) in 2003. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, an Emeritus NIHR Senior Investigator and Emeritus Professor of Diabetic Medicine. Professor Holman has won many distinguished international awards including the ADA Harold Rifkin Award for Distinguished International Service, the ADA Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Diabetes Research Award, the Diabetes UK Banting Memorial Lecture, the Diabetes UK Robert Turner Award for Research Impact and the ADA Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement Award.