The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has congratulated Dr. Benjamin Udoka Nwosu for bagging the American Diabetes Association Award over life-saving research.
In a congratulatory message yesterday, Dabiri-Erewa described the award as a sign of his relentless dedication, hard work and an astute researcher seeking the best for his patients.
The NiDCOM boss noted that the feat has shown that great reward awaits those who go extra mile to achieve their desired goals and hardwork also pays. She advised younger generations to follow his footsteps and put in their best in whatever they are doing.
Nwosu is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. It was learnt that the American Diabetes Association in May held its Research Dinner at the Garden City Hotel in New York, and bestowed prestigious research awards on three researchers in the field of diabetology, which Nwosu was one of them.
Nwosu is the Chief of Endocrinology at the Cohen Children’s Medical Centre of New York. His role in the institution is to support the overall mission in research, education and clinical services through his combined role as a physician scientist, attending endocrinologist and an associate professor of Pediatrics.
Nwosu’s work currently directs the early care of children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes at the Cohen Children’s Medical Centre of New York and other institutions.
The outcome of Nwosu’s findings is that prolonging the honeymoon phase of type 1 diabetes resulted in considerable decreases in the degree and occurrence of type 1 diabetes long-term problems. The honeymoon period is the brief period following a type 1 diabetes diagnosis when key treatments can result in favourable long-term patient outcomes.
He demonstrated that high-dose vitamin D might decrease inflammation in pancreatic beta-cells and lead to longer life of the surviving beta-cells. The event was completed up by speeches from the other recipients and tributes from patients and their families. Nwosu’s study indicates that people with type 1 diabetes have a bright future.
Members of the group have publicly acknowledged that their ancestors’ wealth was in part derived from plantations worked by enslaved Africans, and for whom the slave-owners received compensation at British slavery’s abolition in the 1830s.
“We encourage the hundreds of thousands of people in Britain with similar family histories to explore and acknowledge them. Until the painful legacy of slavery is recognised by the descendants of those who profited from it, there can never be healing,” said Richard Atkinson.
“I joined this group in an attempt to begin to address the appalling ills visited on so many people by my ancestor John Gladstone,” said Charles Gladstone.
The group and their families have all made private donations to tackle poverty, poor education and other issues affecting the descendants of the enslaved in Britain and Caribbean countries.
“This group wants to move beyond personal donations, which can never be enough,” said Rosemary Harrison.
“After so long, the reparatory justice movement is gaining momentum in Europe. Whether it’s the Dutch government, the Church of England, or the British Royal Family, the enduring and painful legacy of slavery is finally starting to be acknowledged by those who benefited from it,” said Laura Trevelyan.
