Michael Riddell
Chair, Clinical Advisory Board
Diabetes and endocrinology
Zucara
Canada
Biography
Dr. Riddell is a Professor in the School of Kinesiology & Health Science and Muscle Health Research Centre at York University in Toronto. Michael is also Senior Scientist at LMC Diabetes & Endocrinology and the Director of Education for the Diabetes Dskate Hockey and Type 1 Diabetes Program. His research interests are focused on the metabolic and hormonal responses to exercise and stress in diabetes, publishing over 120 original research papers and 18 book chapters on the topic. Dr. Riddell has a PhD in Medical Sciences from McMaster University (supervisor Dr. Oded Bar-Or) and post-doctoral training in Physiology from the University of Toronto (mentor Dr. Mladen Vranic). He is the recipient of the Faculty of Health Dean’s Established Career Research Award (2012) and is considered an international expert on exercise management and hypoglycemia prevention in type 1 diabetes.
Research Interest
He is a contributing author to the Canadian Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Guidelines and to the International Society of Pediatric Diabetes Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines. With funding from NIH, JDRF, NSERC and a variety of industry partners, Dr Riddell’s laboratory uses research techniques that span from cell culture to rodent and human studies to help discover how exercise, stress and diabetes influence energy metabolism.
