Kieren James Mather, MD, FRCPC
Dr. Kieren Mather, associate
professor in the Division of Endocrinology at the Indiana University School of
Medicine, was tenured in 2008.
With a strong focus on metabolic
physiology, his training bridges basic science research with human studies.
This positions him well for undertaking classical translational
bench-to-bedside research, the primary focus of his work.
In the course of learning to design
clinical studies, Dr. Mather became involved in more traditional epidemiologic
and clinical trial study design, leading to a local cross-sectional project.
These efforts have allowed him to broaden his research.
He earned his medical degree and a
BSc in biochemistry at the University of Calgary, Canada. He interned at the
At the Indiana School of Medicine,
Endocrinology Division, he served as visiting professor and then held the
position of assistant professor there from 2001 to 2007.
With his SADF-funded research,
“Adiponectin as a Predictor of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Outcomes in the
Diabetes Prevention Program,” Dr. Mather undertook measurements of adiponectin
in stored serum from baseline and year 1 in the complete Diabetes Prevention
Program cohort. The first of these analyses has been published, and further
analyses are underway.
Due to unexpected cost savings, Dr.
Mather and his group were able to apply Daugherty Foundation resources to
support a second project, initiated in Fall 2008, undertaking a broad
population-based cross-sectional assessment of concurrent cardiovascular and
diabetes risks with measures of circulating factors releated to CV risk, and
measurement of vascular function using peripheral arterial tonometry.
He has received major research grant
awards from the American Diabetes Association and the NIDDK in addition to the
SADF, and has published more than 40 peer-reviewed original research papers.
Married with three children, Dr.
Mather resides with his family in
Email: kmather@iupui.edu
Website:
http://medicine.iupui.edu/ENDC/Faculty
Phone: 317-278-7826