Edward J. Boyko, MD, MPH, a DRC affiliate, is the recipient of the 2021 Roger Pecoraro Award from the American Diabetes Association. This award recognizes a researcher who has made significant scientific contributions and demonstrates an untiring commitment to improving the understanding of the detection, treatment, and prevention of diabetic foot complications.
Dr. Boyko focuses his research on the epidemiology of type 2 diabetes and its complications. He led a prospective study of risk factors for foot complications among 1,487 primary care patients with diabetes that examined multiple potential factors including neuropathy, peripheral artery disease, transcutaneous oxygen pressure, foot deformity, plantar pressure, and diabetes characteristics.
In 2013 he received the Kelly West Award for Outstanding Achievement in Epidemiology from the American Diabetes Association.