Barry Posner is internationally recognized for his work in cell signaling and diabetes. His current research focuses on the genes responsible for diabetes, the discovery of which will aid in the prediction and treatment of this disease. Following post-graduate work at MIT and the NIH, he joined the Royal Victoria Hospital and McGill University in 1970. He has trained over 35 graduate and post-graduate students, given over 160 lectures as a Visiting Professor and published more than 270 scientific manuscripts. He is a recipient of the 1990 Distinguished Scientist Award of the CSCI, a fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal College of Physicians of Canada, and the American College of Physicians. Dr. Posner was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada and received the Queen’s Golden Jubilee medal in 2002.