Thomas Hawke, PhD

In 2003, I accepted a faculty position in the School of Kinesiology & Health Science at York University in Toronto, ON.  My research portfolio as a young PI reflected my training with investigations that spanned molecular biology to physiology. At York, I also had the honour and privilege of collaborating with Dr. Mike Riddell.  Our collaborative studies into the impact of Type 1 Diabetes were not only exciting to undertake but laid the foundations for our current studies into humans with T1D.

In 2009, I accepted an faculty position at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON (Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine). Since that time, I have developed an expansive research portfolio that spans molecular and cellular biology, preclinical and clinical research and even work within the cultivated meat field.  Our research pedigree has resulted in millions of dollars of research funding and over 95 publications in high profile journals such as  Diabetes, Diabetologia, Nature, Cell Metabolism, and American Journal of Physiology Cell Physiology, etc.  Our research work is highly cited the our expertise is frequently sought by national and international researchers.  I have been honoured to be named a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany and I am an associate editor of the American Journal of Physiology Cell Physiology.  My research expertise and interests are vast, and I am open and collaborative to new ideas and ventures.

I count myself fortunate for many reasons.  I have a wonderful family, a great network of colleagues and collaborators, and importantly, I have the opportunity to work with so many bright, inquisitive trainees.  It is their hard-work and perseverance that make the research hypotheses we test come to reality.