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David Irwin

Professor

Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology

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  • Professor
    Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
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BIO

Dr. David M. Irwin is a Professor in the Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is also a member of the Banting and Best Diabetes Centre at the University of Toronto. Dr. Irwin obtained his Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, in 1986, and then completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkley. He joined the University of Toronto in 1991 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry, and was promoted to full Professor in 2006 where he has designed and taught numerous courses at the undergraduate and graduate level.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor
    University of Toronto, Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Toronto, Canada2004 - present
  • Professor
    University of Toronto, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Toronto, Canada2006 - present
  • Principal Investigator
    University of Toronto, Banting & Best Diabetes Centre, Toronto, Canada1991 - present
  • Visiting Professor
    Peking University, Pharmacology, Bejing, China2007 - present
  • Visiting Professor
    Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, China2007 - present
  • Principal Investigator
    Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, Canada1994 - 2008
  • Visiting Professor
    Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China1 Jul 2021 - present
  • Visiting Professor
    Tsinghua University, Beijing, China2006 - 2009
  • Associate Professor
    University of Toronto, Zoology, Toronto, Canada1999 - 2006
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Toronto, Zoology, Toronto, Canada1996 - 1999
  • Associate Professor
    University of Toronto, Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Toronto, Canada1999 - 2004
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Toronto, Clinical Biochemistry, Toronto, Canada1991 - 1999

DEGREES

  • PhD in Genetics
    University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada1 Sep 1982 - 16 Apr 1986
  • B.Sc. in Genetics
    University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada1 May 1978 - 1 May 1982

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Post-doctoral Fellow, Molecular Evolution
    University of California, Berkeley, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Berkeley, United States1 May 1987 - 1 May 1991

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