Matthias Hebrok PhD

Dr. Hebrok is the Hurlbut-Johnson Distinguished Professor in Diabetes Research and Director of the UCSF Diabetes Center. He performed his PhD studies at the Max-Planck-Institute for Immunobiology in Freiburg, Germany. His postdoctoral work was completed at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Harvard University.

Dr. Hebrok has been at UCSF since 1999. His laboratory uses cell, molecular, and developmental biology approaches to understand normal pancreatic development, as well as pancreatic diseases, including diabetes and cancer.