Lawrence Rosenberg is currently the A.G. Thompson Chair of Surgical Research at the McGill University Health Centre. His current studies address islet cell neogenesis, pancreatic stem cells, and islet cell death and survival. Dr. Rosenberg was a founding member of the Stem Cell Network of Canada and is on the editorial board of Organogenesis. He is an author on more than 160 peerreviewed publications. Dr. Rosenberg has received many career awards and fellowships, including: a Medical Research Council of Canada Fellowship, McLaughlin Foundation Fellowship, Medical Research Council of Canada Scholarship, a Senior Clinician-Scientist Award and National Scientist Award both from the government of Quebec. He is the only Canadian to have received the prestigious American Surgical Association Foundation.