Jeffrey Millman, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering at Washington University School of Medicine

Dr. Jeffrey Millman is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering at Washington University School of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. from MIT and completed his postdoctoral training at Harvard University. His current research is focused on synergizing both biomedical engineering and cell biology approaches to use stem cells for the study and treatment of diabetes. He is developing new approaches for the differentiation of insulin-producing islets from stem cells and improving their utility for cell replacement therapy and in vitro disease models. His innovations have been licensed to biotechnology companies in the diabetes space and resulted in ongoing clinical trials. Dr. Millman previously served as the vice president of research at Sana Biotechnology where he oversaw the preclinical development of hypoimmune stem cell-derived islets for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. His laboratory is supported by JDRF, and his scholarship has been recently recognized by JDRF through a career development award.