TYPE 1 DIABETES GRAND CHALLENGE - Key Persons


Dr David Kelley

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Dr Diane McCarthy

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Dr Reinhard Becker

Job Titles:
  • Physician and Chemist, Previously of Sanofi

Dr Tim Heise

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair of the Scientific Advisory Panel
Professor Heise is Vice Chair of the Scientific Advisory Panel advising on the research stream focused on novel insulins. He is Lead Scientist at Profil Institute for Metabolic Research in Neuss, Germany and a world-leading expert on the pharmacology of insulin.

Matthias Hebrok

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Professor Hebrok is Vice Chair of the Scientific Advisory Panel advising on the research stream focused on beta cell replacement therapies. He is the Hurlbut-Johnson Distinguished Professor in Diabetes Research and Director of the Diabetes Center at the University of California, San Francisco and an esteemed diabetes expert on beta cell function and stem cell-based therapies for type 1 diabetes.