Biography

PROFESSOR  QINGHUA WANG, Canada, M.D., Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Physiology and Medicine at the University of Toronto. He currently serves as Senior Scientist and Director of Islet Physiology Laboratory in the Keenan Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, and as Staff Scientist in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, St. Michael's Hospital. He is also Distinguished Lecturing Professor at Fudan University.

Research in Dr. Wang`s lab is focused on understanding the biology the pancreatic islet, especially, the regulation of islet cell secretion and function. They are also studying the biology of GLP-1, an incretin hormone released from gut cell in response to feeding. Among patients with diabetes, while the production of insulin is insufficient, release of GLP-1 is reduced. However, glucagon and glucose production is too high. While seeking a means to increase pancreatic insulin production, enhance GLP-1 action, we are also studying the signaling and molecular control of islet cell-cell interactions in regulating islet beta-cell function and glucose homeostasis during the development of diabetes. Dr. Wang`d research is fundamental and translational, aiming at developing new therapeutic strategies that could enable patients with diabetes to permanently manage the disease and effectively avoid its associated complications.