Hubert Tse, Ph.D., was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and grew up in Alexandria, Virginia. He considers both places home and proud to be both a Canadian and American citizen. Dr. Tse completed his undergraduate studies in Biochemistry at Virginia Tech (B.S., 1992). He performed his graduate work on M. xanthus differentiation with Dr. Ronald E. Gill in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He obtained his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology in 1999 and went on to a post-doctoral fellowship in Dr. Andrea Cooper's group at Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, CO studying macrophage responses following M. avium infection.

In 2001, he began a second post-doctoral immunology fellowship in Dr. Jon Piganelli's group at the University of Pittsburgh, this time studying the autoimmune mechanisms involved in pancreatic beta-cell destruction in Type 1 diabetes. In 2009, he moved to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and started his own research lab.

Over the next 13 years, Dr. Tse developed research programs studying genetics, innate immune (macrophage, dendritic cell), adaptive immune (CD4 and CD8 T cell) and beta-cell responses involved in Type 1 diabetes and islet transplantation rejection.

In 2023, Dr. Tse and his lab was recruited to KU Medical Center. Dr. Tse currently serves as professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology. He is also affiliated with the Diabetes Institute at KU Medical Center and the University of Kansas Cancer Center to foster additional research programs on Type 1 diabetes and cancer immunotherapy. In addition to research and mentoring, his other passions include music, travel, cooking and golf. According to his wife, he is a "golf addict." She is not wrong.