Hans-michael Dosch

Biography

Dr. Hans-Michael Dosch received his MD and PhD and completed his medical training in Marburg, Germany before coming to The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) as postdoctoral fellow in Immunology in 1974. Two years later, he accepted a staff position at SickKids and a faculty position at the University of Toronto. He is currently a professor of Paediatrics and Immunology at U of T and a Senior Scientist in Neurosciences & Mental Health at SickKids. Dosch’s career is best described as consistent efforts to study human diseases and their animal models to link hard basic science to human studies, including translational strategies and clinical trials. He was one of the three founders of the TRIGR diabetes prevention trial, an over 20 year intervention effort, running on three continents until at least 2017. This trial was based on basic science in the Dosch lab along with his Finnish collaborators. Dosch is the trial’s Science Chair.

Research Interest

Autoimmune disease Molecular immunology Diabetes Multiple Sclerosis Genetic engineering of mice