
William Herman
(He/him/his)
Biography
William H. Herman is the Stefan S. Fajans/GlaxoSmithKline Professor of Diabetes, Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes and Professor of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health. He completed his undergraduate degree at Yale University and received his medical degree from Boston University. He gained a Masters of Public Health (Epidemiology) from the University of Michigan. Professor Herman's interests include clinical diabetes and diabetes epidemiology, especially in the areas of surveillance, screening, treatment, cost-effective analysis, and health policy. He has authored more than 400 original research papers, reviews and textbook chapters and is U-M Principal Investigator for the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT), Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC), Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS), and The Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study (GRADE). Professor Herman received the American Diabetes Association's Kelly West Award for outstanding achievement in diabetes epidemiology in 2006 and the U-M Dean's Award for Clinical and Health Services Research in 2007. From 2018 to 2021, he chaired the National Clinical Care Commission, a federal advisory committee charged with advising the Congress how to leverage federal policies and programs to better prevent and control diabetes in the United States. He has been recognized by Best Doctors as a Best Doctor in America for more than 10 years.