Endocrine and Gastroenterology
IMS basic and clinical science researchers explore the mechanisms governing gut, liver and hormone regulation to deepen our understanding and better treat conditions like diabetes, hepatitis B and C, inflammatory bowel disease, obesity, thyroid diseases, and more.
Our scientists also study how the human body responds when essential chemical messengers - crucial for controlling and regulating critical biological processes - become disrupted and malfunction.
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Student Research
Highlights
Decades ago, Dr. Daniel Drucker co-discovered a hormone that paved the way for today’s most-talked-about drug. Does he get the hype? Yes and no.
Episode #100 - 100 Years Later: Insulin and Beyond
Researchers at UofT and its partner hospitals have found that changes in gut microbiota after bariatric surgery can directly improve metabolism, independent of food intake, weight loss and other metabolic factors.
Researchers at Sinai Health and UofT have unearthed vital information about the relationship between insulin levels after eating and long-term heart and metabolic health. The research upends the notion that insulin surge following food intake is a bad thing.