Lorraine Lipscombe

Dr. Lipscombe is an endocrinologist at Women's College Hospital, an adjunct scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), an assistant professor in the department of medicine at the University of Toronto, and a research scientist at Women's College Research Institute.

Dr. Lipscombe's research program is aimed at improving the care and outcomes of persons living with diabetes with a particular focus on women, and targetting special female populations at higher risk for diabetes who would benefit from more focused diabetes prevention strategies. Her specific priority areas of interest include the association between breast cancer and diabetes, pregnancy planning in women with diabetes, post-partum diabetes risk and prevention in women with gestational diabetes, and drug safety in seniors with diabetes.

Dr. Lipscombe holds a Clinician Scientist Award from the Canadian Diabetes Association/Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), and is a New Investigator with a CIHR-funded New Emerging Team at ICES.