Dr. Daniel Drucker

• 2023–present; University Professor, University of Toronto, Toronto
• 2006–present; Senior Investigator, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, Toronto
• 1997–present; Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto
• 1996–present; Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto

Former appointments

• 2000–2011; Director, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto
• 1992–2001; Director, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto

• Staff Physician, Toronto General Hospital; 1987–2021
• Research Fellow in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston; 1984–1987
• Fellow in Medicine, John Hopkin’s Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland; 1980–1981
• MD, University of Toronto, Ontario; 1976–1980 

• 2025 – The Fred Conrad Koch Lifetime Achievement Award, The Endocrine Society
• 2025 – The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biology and Biomedicine
• 2025 – American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Kahn-Tan-Faiman Frontiers in Science and Endocrinology Award
• 2025 – The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences and Medicine
• 2025 – The 2025 Warren Triennial Prize, Massachusetts General Hospital
• 2025 – AACR-Irving Weinstein Foundation Distinguished Lectureship Award, American Association for Cancer Research
• 2025 – The BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biology and Biomedicine
• 2024 – The TOPS Research Achievement Award, The Obesity Society
• 2024 – The Princess Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research
• 2023 – The VinFuture Prize for innovators with outstanding achievements in emerging fields
• 2023 – Elected to the National Academy of Medicine (USA)
• 2023 – The Wolf Prize in Medicine
• 2022 – Inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
• 2021 – Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, USA
• 2021 – Canada Gairdner International Award for Biomedical Science

Research opportunities are available for both graduate students and research fellows on an ongoing basis in the Drucker laboratory.

Postdocs 
Our research group is always interested in recruiting highly motivated postdoctoral fellows with a strong publication record in metabolism and physiology. Prior experience with mouse physiology preferred. Please forward your CV, references and research interests to Dr. Daniel Drucker at [email protected].

Graduate students 
Graduate students must apply through the University of Toronto School of Graduate Studies, via a specific graduate Department such as the Institute of Medical Sciences or the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, which requires that a supervisor be identified before admission to the graduate program. Graduate students interested in doing a PhD in the laboratory/group should first contact Dr. Daniel Drucker at [email protected].