Professor Jeremy Krebs

Professor Krebs is an Endocrinologist with a particular interest in obesity and diabetes. He trained in Endocrinology at Wellington Hospital in New Zealand and then did his doctorate with the Medical Research Council – Human Nutrition Research unit in Cambridge England. His thesis was on the impact of dietary factors on obesity and insulin resistance. Professor Krebs returned to New Zealand in 2002 to take up a consultant Endocrinology post at Wellington Hospital, where he was Clinical Leader of Endocrinology and Diabetes. He heads the research group and is Professor with the University of Otago, and former Director of the Clinical Research Diploma at Victoria University – which he established.

As well as clinical and teaching activities, Professor Krebs maintains active research interests in the area of obesity and diabetes, with a particular focus on the association between obesity and type 2 diabetes, both from an aetiology and management perspective, with a focus on nutritional aspects, bariatric surgery and diabetes service delivery.

Professor Krebs provides expert commentary for NZ Diabetes and Obesity Research Review.