Medical Biophysics / en 18 faculty members elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada /celebrates/18-faculty-members-elected-fellows-royal-society-canada <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">18 faculty members elected 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/community" hreflang="en">Community</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="2024-09-09T12:58:49-04:00" title="Monday, September 9, 2024 - 12:58" class="datetime">Mon, 09/09/2024 - 12:58</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/centre-criminology-and-sociolegal-studies" hreflang="en">Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-study-religion" hreflang="en">Department for the Study of Religion</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-biochemistry" hreflang="en">Department of Biochemistry</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-computer-science" hreflang="en">Department of Computer Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-ecology-and-evolutionary-biology" hreflang="en">Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-germanic-languages-literatures" hreflang="en">Department of Germanic Languages &amp; Literatures</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-medicine" hreflang="en">Department of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-physics" hreflang="en">Department of Physics</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-arts-and-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts and Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-law" hreflang="en">Faculty of Law</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-music" hreflang="en">Faculty of Music</a></div> <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/john-h-daniels-faculty-architecture-landscape-and-design" hreflang="en">John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture Landscape and Design</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/medical-biophysics" hreflang="en">Medical Biophysics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/oise" hreflang="en">OISE</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/royal-society-canada" hreflang="en">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/u-t-mississauga" hreflang="en">老司机直播 Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/u-t-scarborough" hreflang="en">老司机直播 Scarborough</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>Eighteen faculty members from across the University of Toronto have been appointed <a href="https://rsc-src.ca/en/fellows">Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada</a> 鈥 a prestigious distinction given to the country鈥檚 most distinguished scholars, artists and scientists.</p> <p>鈥淭he University of Toronto is immensely proud to see such a high number of our faculty members elected to the Royal Society of Canada,鈥 said&nbsp;<strong>Leah Cowen</strong>, 老司机直播鈥檚 vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives. 鈥淭hese researchers are at the forefront of disciplines that span the arts, social sciences, humanities and sciences, and their work stands to have a significant impact on academic inquiry, policy and societal well-being.鈥</p> <p>The 2024 Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada are:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Kamari Clarke</strong> of the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> <li><strong>Simon Coleman</strong> of the department for the study of religion in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> <li><strong>Susan George</strong> of the University Health Network and the department of medicine in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Willi Goetschel</strong> of the department of Germanic languages and literatures in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> <li><strong>Aiyun Huang</strong> of the Faculty of Music</li> <li><strong>Hae-Young Kee</strong> of the department of physics in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> <li><a href="https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/home/about/news/09-05-24-oise-professor-kang-lee-elected-fellow-royal-society-canada"><strong>Kang Lee</strong> of the department of applied psychology and human development in the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education</a></li> <li><strong>Ren-Ke Li </strong>of the University Health Network and the department of surgery in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Mathieu Lupien</strong> of the University Health Network and the department of medical biophysics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Mark McGowan </strong>of the department of history in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> <li><a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/research-innovation/news/professor-kent-moore-elected-fellow-royal-society-canada"><strong>Kent Moore</strong> of the department of chemical and physical sciences at 老司机直播 Mississauga</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.law.utoronto.ca/news/jim-phillips-named-fellow-royal-society-canada"><strong>Jim&nbsp;Phillips</strong> of the Faculty of Law</a></li> <li><strong>John Rubinstein</strong> of the Hospital for Sick Children and the department of biochemistry in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Brigitte Shim</strong> of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design</li> <li><a href="https://web.cs.toronto.edu/news-events/news/professor-raquel-urtasun-named-fellow-of-the-royal-society-of-canada"><strong>Raquel Urtasun</strong> of the department of computer science in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></li> <li><strong>Balint Virag</strong> of the department of computer and mathematical sciences at 老司机直播 Scarborough</li> <li><strong>Lucan Alan Way</strong> of the department of political science at 老司机直播 Scarborough</li> <li><strong>Stephen Wright</strong> of the department of ecology and evolutionary biology in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> </ul> <h3><a href="http://rsc-src.ca/en/news/royal-society-canada-announces-its-2024-cohort-fellows-and-college-members">Read the Royal Society of Canada press release</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, 09 Sep 2024 16:58:49 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 309292 at Three faculty members appointed to the Royal Society of Canada's college for new scholars /celebrates/three-faculty-members-appointed-royal-society-canada-s-college-new-scholars <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Three faculty members appointed to the Royal Society of Canada's college for new scholars</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>s.anderson</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2019-09-10T11:23:01-04:00" title="Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 11:23" class="datetime">Tue, 09/10/2019 - 11:23</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/faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">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/ecology-evolutionary-biology" hreflang="en">Ecology &amp; Evolutionary Biology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/biochemistry" hreflang="en">Biochemistry</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/immunology" hreflang="en">Immunology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/medical-biophysics" hreflang="en">Medical Biophysics</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/julein-evans-carvalho.jpg" width="1140" height="750" alt="Photos of J-Philippe Julien, David Evans and Daniel De Carvalho"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">From left: Jean-Philippe Julien, David Evans and Daniel De Carvalho (photos by Perry King)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Three University of Toronto faculty members have been named to the Royal Society of Canada鈥檚 College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.</p> <p><strong>Daniel De Carvalho</strong>, <strong>Jean-Philippe Julien</strong> and <strong>David Evans</strong> were recognized by the Royal Society for demonstrating a high level of achievement.&nbsp;De Carvalho is an associate professor in&nbsp;the Faculty of Medicine and a senior scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Julien is&nbsp;an assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine and a scientist at the SickKids Research Institute. Evans is an associate professor&nbsp;in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science who oversees dinosaur research at the Royal Ontario Museum.</p> <p>鈥淲e鈥檙e extremely proud of their admission to the college and look forward to seeing their research make an impact in Canada and beyond,鈥 says <strong>Vivek Goel</strong>, 老司机直播鈥檚 vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives. 鈥溊纤净辈 congratulates them for this impressive appointment.鈥</p> <h3><a href="/news/three-u-t-faculty-appointed-members-royal-society-canada-s-college-new-scholars">Read the <em>老司机直播 News</em> 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> Tue, 10 Sep 2019 15:23:01 +0000 s.anderson 159904 at Tak Mak wins the Gold Leaf Prize for Discovery /celebrates/tak-mak-wins-gold-leaf-prize-discovery <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Tak Mak wins the Gold Leaf Prize for Discovery</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>perry.king</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2019-05-23T16:52:37-04:00" title="Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 16:52" class="datetime">Thu, 05/23/2019 - 16:52</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/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/faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/princess-margaret-cancer-centre" hreflang="en">Princess Margaret Cancer Centre</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/medical-biophysics" hreflang="en">Medical Biophysics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/immunology" hreflang="en">Immunology</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/Tak-Mak_courtesy-of-PMCC-weblead.jpg" width="1140" height="760" alt="Portrait of Tak Mak"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(photo courtesy of University Health Network)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor</a> <strong>Tak Mak</strong>, from the departments of medical biophysics and immunology at the Faculty of Medicine, has been named the 2018 recipient of the Gold Leaf Prize for Discovery.</p> <p>The $100,000 prize, from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, recognizes groundbreaking health research and will support new research.</p> <p>Mak, a senior scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, is renowned for a career that has spanned biochemistry, virology, genetics, cancer metabolism and clinical therapy.</p> <p>Earlier this year, his group used genetics to show that the nervous system and immune system communicate through a molecule called acetylcholine. The discovery confirmed a long-suspected, but poorly understood, link between the two systems, opening several new avenues of research.</p> <h3><a href="/news/discover-everything-there-u-t-s-tak-mak-awarded-prestigious-gold-leaf-prize-pioneering-research">Read the <em>老司机直播 News </em>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> Thu, 23 May 2019 20:52:37 +0000 perry.king 160107 at