Carolyn Tuohy Impact on Public Policy Award / en Chelsea Rochman receives Carolyn Tuohy Impact on Public Policy Award /celebrates/chelsea-rochman-receives-carolyn-tuohy-impact-public-policy-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Chelsea Rochman receives Carolyn Tuohy Impact on Public Policy Award</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/community" hreflang="en">Community</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="2021-04-16T15:03:53-04:00" title="Friday, April 16, 2021 - 15:03" class="datetime">Fri, 04/16/2021 - 15:03</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/awards-excellence" hreflang="en">Awards of Excellence</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/alumni-association" hreflang="en">Alumni Association</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/department-ecology-evolutionary-biology" hreflang="en">Department of Ecology &amp; Evolutionary Biology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/carolyn-tuohy-impact-public-policy-award" hreflang="en">Carolyn Tuohy Impact on Public Policy Award</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/ChelseaRochmanXPRA0215-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Chelsea Rochman"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(Photo courtesy of Chelsea Rochman)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>For her global leadership in microplastic pollution research and impact on science-based policy, <a href="/celebrates/chelsea-rochman-recognized-president-s-impact-award"><b>Chelsea Rochman</b></a> has received the <strong>Carolyn Tuohy</strong> Impact on Public Policy Award.</p> <p>The honour is one of&nbsp;<a href="https://alumni.utoronto.ca/news-and-stories/news-and-articles/celebrating-winners-2021-utaa-awards-excellence">the Awards of Excellence presented by the ÖØ¿ÚζSM Alumni Association</a>&nbsp;in collaboration with the university. The prestigious program dates back to 1921 and recognizes outstanding faculty, staff and students.</p> <p>An assistant professor in the department of ecology and&nbsp;evolutionary biology in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science, Rochman researches the sources, effects of and solutions to microplastic pollution, locally and globally. She leads a large, productive research lab of 28 trainees, including seven graduate students.</p> <p>Rochman works globally to increase research capacity and communicate science to policy-makers. She also works with industry and government to shape public policy, providing testimony on Parliament Hill and serving as a scientific adviser to the G7 and the European Union.</p> <h3><a href="https://alumni.utoronto.ca/awards-excellence-recipients-2021#tuohy">Read more about Rochman</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Alumni Association</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, 16 Apr 2021 19:03:53 +0000 lanthierj 169103 at