Dr. Thompson completed his BSc in genetics and MSc in molecular biology from the University of Alberta. He went on to earn his PhD in medical genetics at the University of British Columbia (UBC), where he investigated mechanisms of epigenetic regulation and fate decisions in embryonic stem cells. During his graduate training, he was the recipient of numerous research awards, including the inaugural UBC medical genetics Patricia A. Baird research award and a NSERC postgraduate scholarship. He conducted postdoctoral training at the Diabetes Center at the University of California San Francisco, changing fields and applying his prior training in epigenetics to investigate islet biology and Type 1 Diabetes. His postdoctoral work discovered a novel stress response in beta cells in T1D and demonstrated its therapeutic potential, for which he received the Lawrence A. Smookler Distinguished Research Scientist prize in diabetes from the Larry L. Hillblom Foundation. In 2020, he joined the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences in the department of Physiology and Pathophysiology as an Assistant Professor and a Principal Investigator in the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM) where his newly formed research lab investigates basic and translational questions in islet biology and T1D.
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Islet Biology and Diabetes, University of California San Francisco (2020)
- Doctor of Philosophy (medical genetics), University of British Columbia (2016)
- Master of Science (molecular biology,) University of Alberta (2010)
- Bachelor of Science (molecular genetics), University of Alberta (2007)
Awards
- Lawrence A. Smookler Distinguished Research Scientist in Diabetes (2019)
- Patricia A. Baird research award in Medical Genetics (2015)
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