He is President-elect of the International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association. Tom is a clinician-scientist with expertise in endocrinology and clinical immunology. He holds grants from the National Health & Medical Research Council (NH&MRC), The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).
His work as a type 1 diabetes researcher is focused on islet transplantation and immunotherapy research. The aim is to challenge insulin replacement therapy for diabetes by introducing new treatments based on disease mechanisms.