CAMH / en 15 U of T faculty members elected fellows of Canadian Academy of Health Sciences /celebrates/15-u-t-faculty-members-elected-fellows-canadian-academy-health-sciences <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">15 U of T faculty members elected fellows of Canadian Academy of Health Sciences</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-10-07T11:52:49-04:00" title="Monday, October 7, 2024 - 11:52" class="datetime">Mon, 10/07/2024 - 11:52</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/camh" hreflang="en">CAMH</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/canadian-academy-health-sciences" hreflang="en">Canadian Academy of Health Sciences</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/ihpme" hreflang="en">IHPME</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/lawrence-bloomberg-faculty-nursing" hreflang="en">Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/mount-sinai-hospital" hreflang="en">Mount Sinai Hospital</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/hospital-sick-children-0" hreflang="en">The Hospital for Sick Children</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/u-t-mississauga" hreflang="en">U of T Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/university-health-network" hreflang="en">University Health Network</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Fifteen faculty members from U of T have been elected fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) for 2024 in recognition of excellence in health sciences.</p> <p>Election to CAHS fellowship is considered one of the highest honours for individuals in the Canadian health sciences community.&nbsp;</p> <p>“Election to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences acknowledges outstanding contributions to the health sciences,” said&nbsp;<strong>Trevor Young</strong>, U of T's vice-president and provost and the president of CAHS, in a press release.&nbsp;“We are proud of these fellows’ accomplishments, and we are honoured to welcome them to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.”</p> <p>The U of T scholars elected to 2024 CAHS fellowships are:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Jordan Feld&nbsp;</strong>at the University Health Network and the department of medicine in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><b>Eleanor Fish&nbsp;</b>at the University Health Network and the department of immunology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Liisa Galea&nbsp;</strong>at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and the department of psychiatry in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Susan George&nbsp;</strong>at the University Health Network and the department of&nbsp;pharmacology and toxicology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><b>Pamela Goodwin&nbsp;</b>at Mount Sinai Hospital and the department of medicine in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Masoom Haider&nbsp;</strong>at Mount Sinai Hospital and the department of medical imaging in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Cynthia Hawkins&nbsp;</strong>at the Hospital for Sick Children and the department of laboratory medicine and pathobiology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Robert Inman&nbsp;</strong>at the University Health Network and the department of&nbsp;immunology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><b>Jonathan Irish&nbsp;</b>at the University Health Network and the department of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>David Juurlink&nbsp;</strong>at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the department&nbsp;of medicine in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/research-innovation/news/tina-malti-elected-fellow-canadian-academy-health-sciences"><strong>Tina Malti&nbsp;</strong>in the department of psychology at U of T Mississauga</a></li> <li><strong>Milos Popovic&nbsp;</strong>at the University Health Network and the Institute of Biomedical Engineering in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</li> <li><a href="https://ihpme.utoronto.ca/2024/10/two-ihpme-faculty-elected-fellows-of-the-canadian-academy-of-health-sciences/"><strong>Jennifer Stinson&nbsp;</strong>at the Hospital for Sick Children and the Lawrence&nbsp;Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing</a></li> <li><a href="https://ihpme.utoronto.ca/2024/10/two-ihpme-faculty-elected-fellows-of-the-canadian-academy-of-health-sciences/"><b>Walter Wodchis&nbsp;</b>of Trillium Health Partners and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health</a></li> <li><strong>Nicole Woods&nbsp;</strong>at the University Health Network and the department of family and community medicine in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> </ul> <h3><a href="https://cahs-acss.ca/2024-fellows-membres/">Read the CAHS announcement</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 07 Oct 2024 15:52:49 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 309711 at 14 U of T researchers awarded new or renewed Canada Research Chairs /celebrates/14-u-t-researchers-awarded-new-or-renewed-canada-research-chairs <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">14 U of T researchers awarded new or renewed Canada Research Chairs</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-06-26T11:13:49-04:00" title="Wednesday, June 26, 2024 - 11:13" class="datetime">Wed, 06/26/2024 - 11:13</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/camh" hreflang="en">CAMH</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/dalla-lana-school-public-health" hreflang="en">Dalla Lana School of Public Health</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6856" hreflang="en">Department of Linguistics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/donnelly-centre-cellular-biomolecular-research" hreflang="en">Donnelly Centre for Cellular &amp; Biomolecular Research</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/ihpme" hreflang="en">IHPME</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/sunnybrook-health-sciences-centre" hreflang="en">Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/unity-health" hreflang="en">Unity Health</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/university-health-network" hreflang="en">University Health Network</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6869" hreflang="en">Women's College Hospital</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Fourteen faculty members from the ؿζSM have been awarded <a href="https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/media-medias/lists-listes/2024/spring-printemps-eng.aspx">Canada Research Chairs</a> in support of their research.</p> <p>Awarded by the Government of Canada, Canada Research Chair positions are designed to reinforce academic research and training excellence with a view to improving depth of knowledge and quality of life, strengthening Canada’s international competitiveness and helping to train the next generation of highly skilled people.</p> <p>“The ؿζSM would like to congratulate all the faculty members who have been appointed Canada Research Chairs or had their positions renewed,” said <strong>Leah Cowen</strong>, U of T’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives. “From reproductive mental health to the economics of infectious disease and theoretical particle physics, these researchers are advancing knowledge and innovation in important fields.”</p> <p>The latest cycle of Canada Research Chair appointees from U of T includes six new and eight renewed positions:</p> <h3>New Canada Research Chairs</h3> <ul> <li><strong>Crystal Clark</strong> at Women’s College Hospital and the department of psychiatry in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Reproductive Mental Health</li> <li><strong>Janine Farragher</strong> at the department of occupational science and occupational therapy in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Life Participation and Kidney Disease</li> <li><strong>Eno Hysi</strong> at Unity Health and the department of medical biophysics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Quantitative Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li><strong>Karen Maxwell </strong>at the department of biochemistry in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 1 in Bacteriophage Biology and Therapeutics</li> <li><strong>Beate Sander</strong> at University Health Network and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health – Tier 1 in Economics of Infectious Diseases</li> <li><strong>Karla Washington</strong> at the department of speech language pathology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Monolingual and Multilingual Paediatric Speech-Language Pathology</li> </ul> <h3>Renewed Canada Research Chairs</h3> <ul> <li><strong>David Curtin</strong> at the department of physics in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science – Tier 2 in Theoretical Particle Physics</li> <li><strong>Philipp Maass </strong>at the Hospital for Sick Children and the department of molecular genetics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Noncoding Disease Mechanisms</li> <li><strong>Julien Muffat </strong>at the Hospital for Sick Children and the department of molecular genetics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Synthetic Neuroimmunology and Stem Cell Bioengineering</li> <li><strong>Meaghan O’Reilly</strong> at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the department of medical biophysics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Biomedical Ultrasound</li> <li><strong>Hannes Rost </strong>at the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Mass Spectometry-based Personalized Medicine</li> <li><strong>Sali Tagliamonte</strong> at the department of linguistics in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science – Tier 1 in Language Variation and Change</li> <li><strong>Ulrich Tepass </strong>at the department of cell and systems biology in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science – Tier 1 in Epithelial Polarity and Development</li> <li><strong>Rachel Tyndale </strong>at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and the department of pharmacology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 1 in Pharmacogenomics</li> </ul> <h3><a href="https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/media-medias/lists-listes/2024/spring-printemps-eng.aspx">Read the Government of Canada announcement</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-add-new-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add new tags</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/canada-research-chairs" hreflang="en">Canada Research Chairs</a></div> </div> </div> Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:13:49 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 308310 at 20 U of T researchers awarded new or renewed Canada Research Chairs /celebrates/20-u-t-researchers-awarded-new-or-renewed-canada-research-chairs <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">20 U of T researchers awarded new or renewed Canada Research Chairs</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-03-13T09:09:09-04:00" title="Wednesday, March 13, 2024 - 09:09" class="datetime">Wed, 03/13/2024 - 09:09</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/scarborough" hreflang="en">Scarborough</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/camh" hreflang="en">CAMH</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/dalla-lana-school-public-health" hreflang="en">Dalla Lana School of Public Health</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6877" hreflang="en">Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/factor-inwentash-faculty-social-work" hreflang="en">Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/ihpme" hreflang="en">IHPME</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/institute-biomedical-engineering-0" hreflang="en">Institute of Biomedical Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/lawrence-s-bloomberg-faculty-nursing" hreflang="en">Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6895" hreflang="en">Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/rotman-school-management" hreflang="en">Rotman School of Management</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/st-michael-s-hospital" hreflang="en">St. Michael's Hospital</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/sunnybrook-research-institute" hreflang="en">Sunnybrook Research Institute</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/u-t-mississauga" hreflang="en">U of T Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/unity-health" hreflang="en">Unity Health</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Twenty faculty members from the ؿζSM have been awarded Canada Research Chairs in support of their research in areas ranging from LGBTQ2S+ youth mental health to quantum photonic technologies and sustainable suburban housing.</p> <p><a href="https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/whats_new-quoi_de_neuf/2024/crc-2022-2-eng.aspx">Awarded by the Government of Canada</a>, Canada Research Chair positions are designed to reinforce academic research and training excellence with a view to improving depth of knowledge and quality of life, strengthening Canada’s international competitiveness and helping train the next generation of highly skilled people.</p> <p>“I would like to congratulate all the ؿζSM scholars who have newly been appointed Canada Research Chairs or had their positions renewed in this latest cohort,” said <strong>Leah Cowen</strong>, U of T’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives. “From cognitive neurobiology to household finance and urban environmental science, these researchers are furthering knowledge and spurring innovation in areas of critical importance.”</p> <p>The latest cycle of Canada Research Chair appointees from U of T includes eight new and 12 renewed positions:</p> <h3>New Canada Research Chairs</h3> <p><strong>Alex Abramovich </strong>at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and department of psychiatry in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in 2SLGBTQ+ Youth Homelessness and Mental Health</p> <p><strong>Claire Célérier </strong>in the Rotman School of Management – Tier 2 in Household Finance</p> <p><strong>Natalie Coburn</strong> at the Sunnybrook Research Institute and the department of surgery in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 1 in Cancer Outcomes</p> <p><strong>Li Qian</strong> in the Edward S. Rogers Sr. department of electrical and computer engineering in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering – Tier 1 in Quantum Photonic Technologies</p> <p><strong>Alison McGuigan</strong> in the department of chemical engineering and applied chemistry and the Institute of Biomedical Engineering in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering – <a href="https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/new-canada-research-chairs-advance-research-in-regenerative-medicine-sustainable-housing-and-more/">Tier 1 in Tissue Engineering and Disease Modelling</a></p> <p><strong>Zahra Shakeri Hossein Abad </strong>in the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health – Tier 2 in Health Informatics and Precision (Public) Health</p> <p><strong>Mina Tadrous </strong>in the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy – Tier 2 in<a href="https://www.pharmacy.utoronto.ca/news-announcements/new-canada-research-chair-real-world-evidence-and-pharmaceutical-policy">&nbsp;Real-World Evidence and Pharmaceutical Policy</a></p> <p><strong>Marianne Touchie</strong> in the department of civil and mineral engineering in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering – Tier 2 in Sustainable Urban Housing</p> <h3>Renewed Canada Research Chairs</h3> <p><strong>Rachel Barney</strong> in the departments of classics and philosophy at the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science – Tier 1 in Ancient Philosophy</p> <p><strong>Marie-Josée Fortin</strong> in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology at the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science – Tier 1 in Spatial Ecology</p> <p><strong>Paul Frankland </strong>at the SickKids Research Institute, the department of psychology in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science, and the department of physiology and Institute of Medical Science in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 1 in Cognitive Neurobiology</p> <p><strong>Anne-Claude Gingras</strong> at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health and the department of molecular genetics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 1 in Functional Proteomics</p> <p><strong>Tara Gomes</strong> at St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto and the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy – Tier 2 in Drug Policy and Substance Use</p> <p><strong>Daniel Grace</strong> in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health – Tier 2 in Sexual and Gender Minority Health</p> <p><strong>Marc Johnson</strong> in the department of biology at U of T Mississauga – Tier 2 in Urban Environmental Science</p> <p><strong>Sheena Josselyn</strong> at the SickKids Research Institute, the department of psychology in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science and the department of physiology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 1 in Memory Function and Dysfunction</p> <p><strong>Carmen Logie</strong>&nbsp;at Women's College Research Institute and the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work – Tier 2 in Global Health Equity &amp; Social Justice with Marginalized Populations</p> <p><strong>Ito Peng</strong> in the department of sociology in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science – Tier 1 in Global Social Policy</p> <p><strong>Navindra Persaud</strong> at St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, the department of family and community medicine in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health – Tier 2 in Health Justice</p> <p><strong>Martine Puts</strong> in the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing – Tier 2 in Care of Frail Older Adults</p> <h3><a href="https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/whats_new-quoi_de_neuf/2024/crc-2022-2-eng.aspx">Read the Government of Canada announcement</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:09:09 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 306695 at Nine U of T professors named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada /celebrates/nine-u-t-professors-named-fellows-royal-society-canada <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Nine U of T professors named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-09-07T16:54:53-04:00" title="Tuesday, September 7, 2021 - 16:54" class="datetime">Tue, 09/07/2021 - 16:54</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/scarborough" hreflang="en">Scarborough</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/fellows-royal-society-canada" hreflang="en">Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/cita" hreflang="en">CITA</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/u-t-scarborough" hreflang="en">U of T Scarborough</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/leslie-dan-faculty-pharmacy" hreflang="en">Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/st-michael-s-hospital-0" hreflang="en">St. Michael’s Hospital</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/hospital-sick-children-0" hreflang="en">The Hospital for Sick Children</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/camh" hreflang="en">CAMH</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/sunnybrook-research-institute" hreflang="en">Sunnybrook Research Institute</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/fellows-group%20copy.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">Top row (from left): Alexie Tcheuyap, Marlene Goldman, Derek van der Kooy; Middle row: Shana Kelley, Mohini Sain, Sharon Straus; Bottom row: Martin Yaffe, Peter Szatmari, Norman W. Murray</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Nine professors from across the ؿζSM have been appointed&nbsp;as Fellows to <a href="https://rsc-src.ca/en/about">the Royal Society of Canada</a> – a recognition awarded to the country’s most distinguished scholars, artists and scientists.</p> <p>“Driven by deep curiosity, creativity and a determination to embrace some of society’s biggest challenges, these extraordinary researchers are having a profound impact across a diverse range of disciplines,” said Professor <strong>Leah Cowen</strong>, U of T's associate vice-president, research.</p> <p>“The ؿζSM congratulates them on this important recognition of their leadership and commitment to promoting knowledge and understanding.”</p> <p>The new Fellows are:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://utsc.utoronto.ca/news-events/our-community/utsc-professor-and-filmmaker-honoured-royal-society-canada"><strong>Marlene Goldman </strong>of&nbsp;the department of English at U of T Scarborough</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pharmacy.utoronto.ca/news-announcements/shana-kelley-appointed-fellow-royal-society-canada"><strong>Shana Kelley</strong>&nbsp;of&nbsp;the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/citas-norman-murray-adds-fellow-royal-society-canada-growing-list-honours"><strong>Norman W. Murray</strong>&nbsp;of the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></li> <li><a href="https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/?p=21633&amp;preview=true"><strong>Mohini Sain</strong>&nbsp;of the department of mechanical and industrial engineering in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp;&nbsp;Engineering</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.deptmedicine.utoronto.ca/news/dr-sharon-straus-elected-fellow-royal-society-canada-class-2021"><strong>Sharon Straus</strong>&nbsp;of the department of medicine in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a>&nbsp;and St. Michael’s Hospital</li> <li><a href="https://www.psychiatry.utoronto.ca/faculty/peter-szatmari"><strong>Peter Szatmari</strong>&nbsp;of the department of psychiatry in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a>, The Hospital for Sick Children and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health</li> <li><a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/alexie-tcheuyaps-scholar-african-cultures-and-media-recognized-rsc"><strong>Alexie Tcheuyap</strong>&nbsp;of the department of French in the Faculty of Arts and Science</a>&nbsp;and associate vice-president and vice-provost, international student experience</li> <li><a href="http://sites.utoronto.ca/neurobiology/profile.htm"><strong>Derek van der Kooy</strong></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.moleculargenetics.utoronto.ca/faculty/derek-van-der-kooy">of the department of molecular genetics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="https://medbio.utoronto.ca/faculty/yaffe"><strong>Martin Yaffe</strong>&nbsp;of&nbsp;the department of medical biophysics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a> and&nbsp;Sunnybrook Research Institute</li> </ul> <p>“I'm grateful to receive this recognition for my work,” Murray said. “Of course, it also reflects all the support I've gotten over my career – from my teachers, mentors and colleagues.</p> <p>“The environment at CITA, the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science and the ؿζSM has been and continues to be conducive to doing world-class research with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, something I have been able to take full advantage of.”</p> <p>The new Fellows join 396 members of the U of T community who currently hold the designation.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 07 Sep 2021 20:54:53 +0000 lanthierj 170179 at Rachel Tyndale elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science /celebrates/rachel-tyndale-elected-fellow-american-association-advancement-science <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Rachel Tyndale elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2020-11-24T14:26:50-05:00" title="Tuesday, November 24, 2020 - 14:26" class="datetime">Tue, 11/24/2020 - 14:26</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/aaas-fellows" hreflang="en">AAAS Fellows</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/camh" hreflang="en">CAMH</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-psychiatry" hreflang="en">Department of Psychiatry</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-pharmacology-toxicology" hreflang="en">Department of Pharmacology &amp; Toxicology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/women-stem" hreflang="en">Women in STEM</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Headshot2A-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Rachel Tyndale"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Rachel Tyndale</strong>, a professor in the <a href="https://www.pharmtox.utoronto.ca/pharmacology-and-toxicology">department&nbsp;of pharmacology and&nbsp;toxicology</a> and the <a href="https://www.psychiatry.utoronto.ca/">department of psychiatry </a>in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, has been named a fellow of the <a href="https://www.aaas.org/">American Association for the Advancement of Science </a>(AAAS).</p> <p>In a statement, the AAAS praised Tyndale’s “outstanding contributions to understanding the role of drug metabolism in addiction and in particular, how genetic polymorphisms alter behaviours relevant to nicotine addiction.”</p> <p>Tyndale&nbsp;is a Canada Research Chair in Pharmacogenomics and senior scientist and head of the Pharmacogenetics Lab at the Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, CAMH. Over the past decade, she has studied the predictive relationship between genetic variation in drug metabolism and the likelihood of addiction, as well as how metabolism within the brain alters the effects of drugs and toxins. This research will help identify novel mechanisms that can lead to new therapeutic targets and personalized treatment for smoking cessation and other addictions.</p> <p>“The ؿζSM community is proud of Rachel Tyndale and the impact of her work on society,”&nbsp;said&nbsp;<a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor</a>&nbsp;<strong>Ted Sargent</strong>, vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives.&nbsp;“Her research is actively reducing health-care costs while improving the quality of life for millions around the world who struggle with addiction.”&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 24 Nov 2020 19:26:50 +0000 lanthierj 166542 at 10 U of T researchers named fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences /celebrates/10-u-t-researchers-named-fellows-canadian-academy-health-sciences-0 <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">10 U of T researchers named fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2019-09-20T16:50:20-04:00" title="Friday, September 20, 2019 - 16:50" class="datetime">Fri, 09/20/2019 - 16:50</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/lawrence-s-bloomberg-faculty-nursing" hreflang="en">Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/leslie-dan-faculty-pharmacy" hreflang="en">Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/hospital-sick-children" hreflang="en">Hospital for Sick Children</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/camh" hreflang="en">CAMH</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/st-michael-s-hospital" hreflang="en">St. Michael's Hospital</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/women-stem" hreflang="en">Women in STEM</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Canadian%20Academy%20of%20Health%20Sciences%202019.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">L-R: Christine Allen, Heather Boon and Fang Liu</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Ten researchers from the ؿζSM have been named fellows of <a href="https://cahs-acss.ca/">the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences</a> – one of the most esteemed honours for academics in the field.</p> <p>One of three national academies that make up the Council of Canadian Academies, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences leverages the expertise of Canada’s leading health sciences researchers to examine the most pressing and complex health challenges of the day, share assessments and recommend actionable solutions.</p> <p>“The ؿζSM would like to congratulate these 10 faculty members from our health sciences community on this most deserved recognition of their scholarship and research accomplishments,” said <strong>Vivek Goel</strong>, U of T’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives.</p> <p>“Their election to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences is a testament to U of T’s strengths in areas of health sciences that run the gamut from bench to bedside and molecule to population.”&nbsp;</p> <p>The new fellows are:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Christine Allen</strong> of the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy</li> <li><strong>Heather Boon</strong> of the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy</li> <li><strong>Jocalyn Clark </strong>of the department of medicine in the Faculty of Medicine and <em>The Lancet</em></li> <li><strong>Ronald Cohn</strong> of the department of paediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine and president of The Hospital for Sick Children</li> <li><strong>Linda Johnston</strong> of the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing</li> <li><strong>Lawrence Leiter</strong> of the department of medicine in the Faculty of Medicine and associate scientist of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St. Michael’s Hospital</li> <li><strong>Fang Liu </strong>of the department of psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine and senior scientist of molecular neuroscience in the Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health</li> <li><strong>Stephen Matthews</strong> of the department of physiology in the Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Carles Muntaner</strong> of the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing</li> <li><strong>Antonio Strafella</strong> of the department of medicine in the Faculty of Medicine and senior scientist of the Research Imaging Centre at the Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health</li> </ul> <h3><a href="/news/10-u-t-researchers-named-fellows-canadian-academy-health-sciences">Read the U of T News story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 20 Sep 2019 20:50:20 +0000 lanthierj 166635 at