Rate My Professor Wayne Hawthorne

Hawthorne’s research specializations include pancreatic islet cell transplantation for type 1 diabetes cure, xenotransplantation, xenograft rejection, machine perfusion, clinical translation, and addressing organ shortages. He has over 250 peer-reviewed international medical journal publications, 20 books and book chapters, and more than 650 published proceedings. Key publications include “Loss of ARNT/HIF1β mediates altered gene expression and pancreatic-islet dysfunction in human type 2 diabetes” (2005), “Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α regulates β cell function in mouse and human islets” (2010), and “Xenotransplantation of Genetically Modified Neonatal Pig Islets Cures Diabetes in Baboons.” His contributions have earned awards such as the 2022 Kidney Health Australia and TSANZ Best Research in Laboratory Xenotransplantation, 2018 Best Clinical Research for Islet Transplantation, 2015-16 Australia-Harvard Fellowship, 2014 Best Laboratory Research for Islet Cell Xenotransplantation, 2010 XENOME Award, 2007 Key Opinion Leader from The Transplant Society International, and 2003 inaugural McKenzie Fellowship. He serves as Immediate Past President of the International Xenotransplantation Association, President of the Australasian College of Biomedical Scientists, Chair of the Xenotransplantation Working Group of the Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand, and Chair of the Western Sydney Local Health District Animal Ethics Committee.