About the PI

Dr. Timothy J. Kieffer is Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia, where he continues to lead an active research program, with affiliations in Cellular & Physiological Sciences, Surgery, the School of Biomedical Engineering, and the Life Sciences Institute. His research interests focus on diabetes, stem-cell-derived insulin-producing cells, endocrine pancreas biology, gut hormones, transplantation, and translational approaches toward restoring durable glucose control. The Kieffer Lab has produced more than 200 publications and its work has been cited more than 27,000 times. Dr. Kieffer also holds industry and advisory roles related to metabolic disease, cell therapy, and translational biomedical research.

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Training:
PhD Physiology, University of British Columbia
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Molecular Endocrinology, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School

Past Positions:
Instructor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Assistant, Biochemistry, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor, Medicine and Physiology, University of Alberta
Associate Professor, Medicine and Physiology, University of Alberta

Current Position:
Professor Emeritus, Cellular & Physiological Sciences and Surgery, University of British Columbia

Industry Roles:
ViaCyte - Chief Scientific Officer
Fractyl Health - Chief Scientific Officer
Aardvark Therapeutics - Chief Scientific Officer
Lunar Therapeutics - Co-Founder

Major Awards:
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Outstanding Foreign Investigator Award of the Japanese Society of Diabetic Complications
Killam Faculty Research Prize
Till & McCulloch Award, Stem Cell Network
Young Investigator Award, Canadian Diabetes Association
Senior Scholar Award, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
Scholarship, Canadian Diabetes Association
Scholarship, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Career Development Award, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Scholar Award, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
Early Career Scholar Award, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies