Tim
Kieffer
Professor, Dept of Cellular & Physiological Sciences and SBME
Research Theme:
Cellular & Molecular Engineering,
Research Interests:
development of novel gene and cell therapies for diabetes, physiological insulin replacement
Biography:
He has co-authored more than 175 peer reviewed publications on these topics in addition to several book chapters and patents and given more than 100 invited presentations. He has mentored more than 40 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in addition to numerous undergraduates and is an active teacher. He has received scholarships from the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA), the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, and JDRF and his research has been supported by these agencies, in addition to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Stem Cell Network.
Dr. Kieffer has also been a reviewer and member of grants review committees for these agencies, including serving as Scientific Officer and Chair on CIHR and CDA committees. In 2010 he received the CDA Young Scientist Award and in 2018 was elected as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. In 2016/17 he spent 1 year on sabbatical at The Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University