Solomon is a NIHR Senior Investigator & Research Director of Diabetes and Endocrinology for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals & the University of Sheffield. He has published a book, over 200 original articles and reviews in diabetic neuropathy including a landmark study in the NEJM. Prof. Tesfaye was awarded the Prestigious Camillo Golgi Prize of the European Diabetes Association in 2014 for major scientific contributions in Diabetic Neuropathy. He also received the Arnold Bloom Award of Diabetes UK in 2017 for innovative and patient-centered diabetes care.