Dr. Ronald G. Gill is Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology and Scientific Director of the Alberta Diabetes Institute in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.  Dr. Gill holds the Dr. Charles A. Allard Chair in Diabetes Research at the University of Alberta and in 2008 was awarded an AHFMR Scientist award, the most senior investigator award offered by the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research.

Dr. Gill completed his PhD at the University of California, Los Angeles and his post-doctoral training at the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes at the University of Colorado.  He advanced to the level of Professor of Medicine and Immunology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.  From 1996-2007 he served as Director of the University of Colorado Transplant Immunology Program.  For more than twenty years he has developed a research program focusing on the immunobiology of pancreatic islet transplantation.  As such, his research has focused on three primary areas:  1)  Immunobiology of islet allotransplantation:  This area of study focuses on the T lymphocyte-dependent response that results either in allograft rejection or tolerance; 2) Immunobiology of islet  xenotransplantation:  The focus of studies in this area is to determine the mechanisms of cellular immune recognition of islet xenografts and potential therapeutic interventions in this response; and 3) Autoimmune pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes:  This research arm is aimed at determining the nature of autoimmune damage inflicted on islet transplants, focusing on how this process is similar or distinct from classical transplantation immunity. 

Dr. Gill has held a number of National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) grants for the past twenty years.  He has chaired two different NIH grant review groups in the areas of autoimmunity, transplantation, and other immune-mediated diseases.  Dr. Gill also has served on other varied grant review panels and offices for the JDRF, NIH and served on editorial boards for a number of scientific journals.  He has published over 120 papers, reviews, and book chapters mostly regarding transplantation-oriented research.