MB, BS, PhD, FRACP, FAHMS
Professor John Prins is an active clinician-scientist, a key opinion leader in diabetes and endocrinology in Australia, and he sits on numerous national and international scientific, clinical and educational committees and boards for the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), non-government organisations and industry.
In 2018 Professor Prins was appointed Head of the Melbourne Medical School and Professor of Medicine at the University of Melbourne. He also has part-time clinical appointments in Endocrinology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Goulburn Valley Health and Rumbalara.
Professor Prins has substantial commercialisation experience, holds four international patents and was founder and scientific director of a spin-out biotech company — Adipogen Pty Ltd. He sits on numerous Australian and Global Pharmaceutical Scientific & Clinical Advisory Boards.
Professor Prins is actively involved in undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and training and has ongoing research interests in obesity, diabetes and intellectual disability. His current research focus is early-stage drug development in Type 2 Diabetes and in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. His research has attracted substantial government, NGO and Industry funding and he has published over 150 papers.