Maike Sander MD

Dr Sander is an expert in pancreatic stem cell biology with over twenty years of experience in medicine and diabetes research. After graduating with an M.D. from the University of Heidelberg Medical School in Germany, she conducted research at UC San Francisco. Prior to accepting her current position as Professor of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine at UC San Diego, Dr Sander held faculty positions at Hamburg Medical School, Germany and the University of California, Irvine. In 2012, she was appointed Director of the UC San Diego Pediatric Diabetes Research Center.

Dr Sander is an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation, a member of the NIH-Beta Cell Biology Consortium and the recipient of the prestigious Grodsky Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). She also serves as a scientific reviewer for the JDRF, the National Institutes of Health, and numerous scientific journals.