Contains digital video of the 3rd Annual Presidential Faculty Excellence Award presented to Paresh Dandona, MD, UB Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, on January 13, 2011, in the Center for the Arts Screening Room.

Welcome to the event by Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Satish K. Tripathi (00:00), followed by an introduction to Dr. Dandona by President John B. Simpson (01:50). Introductions followed by presentation of award to Dr. Dandona by John B. Simpson, Satish K. Tripathi, Vice President for Health Sciences, David Dunn, and Dean of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Michael Cain (05:20), and Dr. Dandona’s speech on his research (06:20). Speech includes a slideshow presentation visible on the video recording. Speech topics include: dimensions in which work is delivered (08:00), role of insulin in endocrinology (18:00), major and concepts in glucose levels and mortality (45:00). After the speech, Dr. Dandona engages in a question and answer session with the audience (1:02:00). Audio for audience questions is muffled. Questions include: Have you looked at other agents? (1:02:30); Were the experiments completed in new glycemic conditions? (1:05:00); What about obesity patients who have pre-diabetic symptoms? (1:07:00); Video ends (1:10:21).