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LIFE IN 2027

EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION, LEADERSHIP: RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF U of T RESEARCH BY THE NUMBERS U of T RESEARCH 1 A POWERFUL PARTNERSHIP BY THE NUMBERS 2 FACULTY EXCELLENCE Faculty Honours

3 RESEARCH FUNDING Research Funds Awarded Research Funds Awarded by Sector

4 FEDERAL FUNDING Federal Granting Council Funding to U15 Universities Research Chairs at U15 Universities

5 FEDERAL FUNDING Canada Foundation for Innovation Funding to U15 Universities

6 PROVINCIAL FUNDING Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation (MRI, now part of the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation) Funding

7 INDUSTRY FUNDING Industry Funding to U15 Universities

8 INNOVATIONS Invention Disclosures

9 INNOVATIONS New Spin-off Companies

10 IMPACT Rankings on Publications and Citations World University Rankings

11 CONNAUGHT FUND

12 AWARDS AND HONOURS RESEARCHA POWERFUL FUNDING PARTNERSHIP

The combination of U of T and the nine partner hospitals affi liated with the university creates one of the world’s largest and most innovative health research forces. More than 2,000 researchers and over 5,000 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows pursue the next vital steps in every area of health research imaginable.

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

SUNNYBROOK HEALTH ST. MICHAEL’S SCIENCES CENTRE HOSPITAL

HOLLAND BLOORVIEW WOMEN’S COLLEGE KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL A POWERFUL HOSPITAL PARTNERSHIP BAYCREST MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL

THE HOSPITAL CENTRE FOR ADDICTION FOR SICK CHILDREN AND MENTAL HEALTH

UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK* *Composed of Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

BY THE NUMBERS 1 FACULTY EXCELLENCE

U of T researchers consistently win more prestigious awards than their peers at any other Canadian university. See the end of this booklet for a detailed list of awards and honours received by our faculty in recent years.

FACULTY HONOURS (1980-2011) compared to awards held at other Canadian universities

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS NATIONAL AWARDS

American Academy of Arts & Sciences* Steacie Prize Gairdner International Award Molson Prize Guggenheim Fellows Killam Prize National Academies** Federal Granting Councils’ Royal Society Fellows Highest Awards**** Steacie Fellows Sloan Research Fellows American Association for the Killam Fellows Advancement of Science* ISI Highly Cited Researchers*** Fellows 0 20406080100 0 20406080100 Percentage of awards held by U of T faculty Percentage of awards held by U of T faculty

* Current members only ** The National Academies consist of: Institute of , National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences *** As of Sept 2011 **** Federal Granting Councils’ Highest Awards: NSERC: Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering; CIHR: Prize/Health Researcher of the Year; SSHRC: Gold Medal for Achievement in Research

2 RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO RESEARCH FUNDING

U of T’s research funding has been increasing Research funding at U of T comes from a variety steadily over the past decade. of sources, in particular the federal and provincial governments.

RESEARCH FUNDS AWARDED RESEARCH FUNDS AWARDED BY SECTOR (1998-99 to 2009-2010) (2009-2010) U of T including partner hospitals Total: $924M

1000 Federal Granting Councils Inter-Institutional Collaboration 36% 800 7%

600

Not-For-Profit 18%

$ Million 400 Other Federal 15% 200 International 3%

0 Private Sector 6% 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Other Government 1% Government of Ontario 15% All Sources Federal Granting Councils

NOTE: Federal Granting Councils includes funding for Canada Research Chairs NOTE: Funding for affiliates and partner hospitals included

BY THE NUMBERS 3 FEDERAL FUNDING

U of T leads all Canadian universities in funding from the federal granting councils and the Canada Research Chairs program.

FEDERAL GRANTING COUNCIL FUNDING CANADA RESEARCH CHAIRS AT U15 TO U15 UNIVERSITIES (2010-2011) UNIVERSITIES (2011-2012)

U TORONTO U TORONTO UBC UBC McGill U McGill U U de Montréal U de Montréal U Alberta U Alberta U Ottawa U Laval U Laval U Ottawa McMaster U U Calgary U Western Ont. McMaster U U Calgary U Western Ont. U Waterloo U Waterloo Queenʼs U Queenʼs U Dalhousie U U Manitoba U Manitoba Dalhousie U U Saskatchewan U Saskatchewan 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 0 50 100 150 200 250 $ Millions Number of Chairs Allocated

SSHRC NSERC CIHR

NOTES: Excludes Networks of Centres of Excellence, Canada Research Chairs, Indirect Costs and funding DATA SOURCE: CRC website, updated March 2011 for the Canadian Light Source and Canadian Microelectronic Corporation. Funding for affiliates and partner NOTES: Montréal includes École Polytechnique and École des Hautes Études Commerciales (regular chairs only) hospitals counted with each university

4 RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FEDERALRESEARCH FUNDING FUNDING

U of T leads all Canadian universities in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

CANADA FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION FUNDING TO U15 UNIVERSITIES

U TORONTO McGill U UBC U de Montréal U Alberta McMaster U U Laval U Western Ont. U Ottawa U Calgary U Waterloo Queenʼs U U Saskatchewan Dalhousie U U Manitoba 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

$Millions

DATA SOURCE: CFI website, September 26, 2011 (funding since inception) NOTES: Funding for affiliates and partner hospitals included with each university National projects excluded

BY THE NUMBERS 5 PROVINCIAL FUNDING

U of T leads all Ontario universities in funding from the Ministry of Research and Innovation.*

ONTARIO MINISTRY OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (MRI) FUNDING Top Ten Universities

U TORONTO U Western Ont. McMaster U U Waterloo Queenʼs U U Ottawa U Guelph York U Carleton U Laurentian U 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 $Millions

DATA SOURCE: Ministry of Research and Innovation (MRI), December 2011 NOTES: Limited to main competitive programs (funding since inception) Funding for affiliates and partner hospitals included with each university

*As of October 2011, the Ministry of Research and Innovation has merged with the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade to form the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation.

6 RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO INDUSTRY FUNDING

U of T is among Canada’s leaders in industry-sponsored research.

INDUSTRY FUNDING TO U15 UNIVERSITIES (2008-2009)

U de Montréal U TORONTO U Alberta UBC U Laval Queenʼs U U Western Ont. McGill U U Calgary Dalhousie U U Ottawa McMaster U U Saskatchewan U Waterloo U Manitoba 0 1020304050607080 $Millions

DATA SOURCE: CAUBO 2008-09 NOTES: Funding for affiliates and partner hospitals included with each university U Toronto data corrected for 1-year lag in reporting for affiliates McMaster: only entities consolidated included

BY THE NUMBERS 7 INNOVATIONS

U of T is among North America’s leaders in new invention disclosures.

INVENTION DISCLOSURES (2006-2009) U.S. & Canadian universities

California Inst Tech MIT Stanford U Wisconsin (Madison) U Washington U Illinois (Urbana & Chicago) Georgia Inst Tech U Michigan U Pennsylvania U TORONTO Johns Hopkins U Florida Columbia U Guelph SUNY Cornell Harvard U Colorado U Pittsburgh Purdue 0 500 1000 1500 2000 Number of new disclosures

DATA SOURCE: AUTM Survey 2007 and 2008; AUTM STATT data 2009; Biodiscovery Toronto 2010 Summary Report on AUTM compatible indicators for the year 2009 NOTES: Where available, University of Toronto includes the following affiliate hospitals: Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and University Health Network U Washington includes Washington Research Foundation in all years University of California system excluded

8 RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO RESEARCHINNOVATIONS FUNDING

U of T is among North America’s leaders in creating spin-off companies.

NEW SPIN-OFF COMPANIES (2006-2009) U.S. & Canadian universities

MIT U Utah California Inst Tech Columbia U Florida U Kentucky U Colorado U Washington U TORONTO Purdue Carnegie Mellon U Michigan Georgia Inst Tech U Illinois (Urbana & Chicago) Harvard Brigham Young Stanford SUNY Boston U Johns Hopkins 0 1020304050607080 Number of new spin-off companies

DATA SOURCES: AUTM Survey 2007 and 2008; AUTM STATT data 2009; Biodiscovery Toronto 2010 Summary Report on AUTM compatible indicators for the year 2009 NOTES: Where available, University of Toronto includes the following affiliate hospitals: Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and University Health Network U Washington includes Washington Research Foundation in all years University of California system excluded

BY THE NUMBERS 9 IMPACT

U of T is one of the leading institutions in North America for publications and citations.

RANKINGS ON PUBLICATIONS AND CITATIONS (2006-2010)

CANADIAN NORTH AMERICAN NORTH AMERICAN PEERS – U15 PEERS* – PUBLIC (N=51) PEERS* – ALL (N=77) WORLD PUBLICATIONS CITATIONS PUBLICATIONS CITATIONS PUBLICATIONS CITATIONS UNIVERSITY All Fields 1 1 1 1 2 3 RANKINGS HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES 1 1 1 1 2 3 Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems 1 1 1 1 3 5 Infectious Diseases 1 1 6 6 10 12 The University of Toronto Molecular & Genetics 1 1 1 2 2 5 ranks among the world’s & Behaviour 1 1 2 4 4 10 leading research-intensive Oncology 1 1 1 1 2 3 universities, as indicated Rehabilitation 1 1 1 1 1 1 by several international Public, Environmental & Occupational Health 1 1 5 6 8 9 institutional rankings ENGINEERING & MATERIALS SCIENCE 1 1 8 7 9 11 organizations. Cell & Tissue Engineering 1 1 1 1 3 3 Environmental Engineering 2 1 3 1 3 1 World Nanoscience & Nanotechnology 1 1 15 10 22 15 Rank PHYSICAL SCIENCES Chemistry 1 1 4 11 6 17 HEEACT* 2011 9 Computer Science 2 1 9 6 13 10 Times Higher 19 Optics 1 1 6 7 11 16 Space Science 1 1 11 6 18 10 Education 2011 SOCIAL SCIENCES 1 1 2 5 3 7 QS World University 23 Anthropology 1 1 3 12 4 15 Rankings 2011 Criminology & Penology 1 1 2 2 2 2 Shanghai 26 Education & Educational Research 1 1 3 10 5 13 Economics & Business 1 1 6 8 17 20 Jiao Tong 2011 HUMANITIES Humanities, Multidisciplinary 1 1 1 1 4 6 *HEEACT = Higher Education Evaluation Linguistics 1 1 1 5 1 6 and Accreditation Council of Taiwan Philosophy 1 1 1 7 1 12

DATA SOURCE: Data reproduced from University Science Indicators with permission from THOMSON REUTERS®, Inc. (Thomson®), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; © copyright THOMSON REUTERS® 2010; all rights reserved *Peers include AAU, U15, and the University of California at San Francisco

10 RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO CONNAUGHT FUND

CONNAUGHT FUND – RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE · CREATING IMPACT Founded in 1972, the Connaught Fund was created from the sale of Connaught Medical Research Laboratories, which fi rst mass-produced , the -winning discovery of U of T Professors , Charles Best, J.J.R. Macleod and Bertram Collip. The University has stewarded the fund in the years since, awarding more than $120 million to U of T researchers. Today, the fund invests over $3 million annually in emerging and established scholars. In 2010 the Offi ce of the Vice-President, Research launched a series of new programs under the Connaught banner to target unmet societal needs and cultivate collaborations with transformative impact.

CONNAUGHT FUND ANNUAL PROGRAM ALLOCATIONS1

Global Challenge Award Faculty Recruitment Support PROGRAM # OF AWARDS MAXIMUM ALLOCATION Global Challenge Award 1 full award $1,030,000 3 proposal development awards New Researcher Award 60 awards in $10K category $1,000,000 International 8 awards in $50K category Doctoral Scholarship Innovation Award approx. 10 awards $500,000 Summer Institute Award up to 3 awards $150,000 McLean Award 1 award $50,000 New Researcher International Doctoral Scholarship numerous awards $1,000,000 McLean Award Award Faculty Recruitment Support numerous awards $50,000

Summer Institute Award Total $3,780,000 Innovation Award 1 Actual spending varies year-by-year depending on demand, quality of submissions and funds availability. The 2010-11 total expenditure level was $2.9M due to ramp-up of new programs.

Dr. Stephen Lye is the lead investigator on the from multiple disciplines, as well as innovators and inaugural $1 million Global Challenge Award- thought leaders from other sectors, to heighten winning project “Developmental Trajectories: the University’s contribution to important issues A University of Toronto System-Wide Initiative facing society. to Improve Health, Learning, and Society.” The Connaught Global Challenge Award brings For more information visit together leading University of Toronto researchers www.research.utoronto.ca/connaught

BY THE NUMBERS 11 AWARDS AND HONOURS

SELECTED AWARDS AND HONOURS (2009-2011)

ACTA BIOMATERIALIA GOLD MEDAL, Javad Mostaghimi, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Andrew Goldenberg, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering SOCIETY FOR BIOMATERIALS AWARDS Jun Nogami, Materials Science and Engineering Masahiro Kawaji, Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry Michael Sefton, Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Institute of Chul Park, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Javad Mostaghimi, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering J. Paul Santerre, Faculty of Dentistry, Institute of Biomaterials and Farid Najm, Electrical and Computer Engineering Biomedical Engineering Jonathan Rose, Electrical and Computer Engineering ALBERT EINSTEIN WORLD AWARD OF SCIENCE, Edward Sargent, Electrical and Computer Engineering Torstein Utigard, Materials Science and Engineering WORLD CULTURAL COUNCIL Michael Sefton, Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Institute of Willem Vanderburg, Civil Engineering Geoffrey Ozin, Chemistry Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering Safwat Zaky, Electrical and Computer Engineering AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE – Molly Shoichet, Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry David Zingg, University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies FOREIGN HONORARY MEMBER R. Paul Young, Civil Engineering Jean Zu, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Spencer Barrett, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology BOWER AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCIENCE, Brian Stock, English CANADIAN ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES – FELLOW FRANKLIN INSTITUTE Alison Buchan, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology W. Richard Peltier, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT Geoffrey Fernie, Surgery Vivek Goel, Dalla Lana School of Public Health OF SCIENCE – FELLOW CANADA’S TOP 40 UNDER 40 Patrick Gullane, Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Stewart Aitchison, Electrical and Computer Engineering Ike Ahmed, Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences Brenda Andrews, Molecular Genetics Amira Klip, Biochemistry Daniel Durocher, Molecular Genetics Anthony Lang, Medicine Nasser Ashgriz, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ray Jayawardhana, Astronomy and Astrophysics Peter Lewis, Biochemistry Charlie Boone, Molecular Genetics Muhammad Mamdani, Leslie L. Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Ren-Ke Li, Surgery Allan Borodin, Computer Science Subodh Verma, Surgery Linda McGillis Hall, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing Sanjeev Chandra, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Sioban Nelson, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing William Cluett, Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING – FELLOW Christopher Paige, Medical Biophysics Eleftherios Diamandis, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Barry Adams, Civil Engineering Helene Polatajko, Occupational Science and Elizabeth Edwards, Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry Cristina Amon, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Occupational Therapy Andrew Goldenberg, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Stavros Argyropoulos, Materials Science and Engineering James Rutka, Surgery Daphne Goring, Cell and Systems Biology William Bawden, Civil Engineering , Physiology Bryan Karney, Civil Engineering Michael Collins, Civil Engineering Paul Walfi sh, Medicine Hector Levesque, Computer Science Elizabeth Edwards, Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry Kue Young, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Freda Miller, Molecular Genetics Bruce Francis, Electrical and Computer Engineering Stanley Zlotkin, Paediatrics

12 RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO AWARDS AND HONOURS

CANADIAN MEDICAL HALL OF FAME – LAUREATE GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZE, THE GRIFFIN TRUST Frank Kschischang, Electrical and Computer Engineering , Medicine FOR EXCELLENCE IN POETRY Eugenia Kumacheva, Chemistry J.J.R. Macleod, Medicine Albert Moritz, English Andreas Mandelis, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Tak Mak, Medical Biophysics Douglas Stephan, Chemistry GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP, M. , Medicine JOHN SIMON GUGGENHEIM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION , Surgery L’ORÉAL-UNESCO AWARDS FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE, Christy Anderson, Art Lap-Chee Tsui, Molecular Genetics L-ORÉAL-UNESCO Eugenia Kumacheva, Chemistry Mladen Vranic, Physiology HOLBERG INTERNATIONAL MEMORIAL PRIZE, LUDVIG HOLBERG MEMORIAL FUND AND MOLSON PRIZE, CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS/ CANADIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING THE NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENT SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL HALL OF FAME – MEMBER Natalie Zemon Davis, History Linda Hutcheon, English Ernest McCulloch, Medical Biophysics Ian Hacking, Philosophy Wayne Sumner, Philosophy , Medical Biophysics HUMBOLDT PROFESSORSHIP, NATIONAL ACADEMIES (US) – GOVERNOR GENERAL’S AWARDS IN VISUAL AND MEDIA ARTS, ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION FOREIGN ASSOCIATE MEMBER CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS Hans-Arno Jacobsen, Electrical and Computer Engineering NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING Shirley Wiitasalo, Art Edward Davison, Electrical and Computer Engineering HUMBOLDT RESEARCH AWARD, Jonathan Rose, Electrical and Computer Engineering GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARDS, ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, UTSC Richard Greene, English and Drama, UTM J. Richard Bond, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Mark Lautens, Chemistry Astrophysics GOVERNOR GENERAL’S MEDAL IN ARCHITECTURE, John Sipe, Physics Richard Lee, Anthropology CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS KILLAM PRIZE, CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS Patricia Hanson, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (INDIA) – Mark Henkelman, Medical Biophysics FOREIGN FELLOW Landscape, and Design Keren Rice, Linguistics Vijaya Kumar Murty, Mathematics Barry Sampson, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Ernest Weinrib, Faculty of Law Landscape, and Design NSERC BROCKHOUSE CANADA PRIZE Brigitte Shim, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, KILLAM RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP, Sanjeev Chandra, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Landscape, and Design CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS Thomas Coyle, Materials Science and Engineering John Shnier, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Ran Hirschl, Political Science Javad Mostaghimi, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Landscape, and Design Thomas Hurka, Philosophy Valerian Pershin, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

BY THE NUMBERS 13 AWARDS AND HONOURS

NSERC E.W.R. STEACIE FELLOWSHIP Molly Shoichet, Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry PREMIER’S SUMMIT AWARD, ONTARIO MINISTRY OF Brendan Frey, Electrical and Computer Engineering Marvin Tile, Surgery RESEARCH AND INNOVATION Ray Jayawardhana, Astronomy and Astrophysics Kue Young, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Benjamin Neel, Medical Biophysics Janet Rossant, Molecular Genetics Shana Kelley, Leslie L. Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Bernard Zinman, Medicine Jeff Wrana, Molecular Genetics NSERC GERHARD HERZBERG GOLD MEDAL – OFFICER PROFESSIONAL PRIX DE ROME IN ARCHITECTURE, FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Linda Hutcheon, English CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS Geoffrey Hinton, Computer Science Anthony Lang, Medicine Mason White, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, W. Richard Peltier, Physics James Orbinski, Family and Community Medicine Landscape, and Design Henry Regier, Zoology NSERC JOHN C. POLANYI AWARD Peter Singer, Medicine RAYMOND AND BEVERLY SACKLER PRIZE IN THE Benjamin Blencowe, Molecular Genetics Mladen Vranic, Physiology PHYSICAL SCIENCES, TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY Brendan Frey, Electrical and Computer Engineering Gregory Scholes, Chemistry ORDER OF ONTARIO – MEMBER NSERC SYNERGY AWARD FOR INNOVATION Philip Berger, Family and Community Medicine RICK GALLOP AWARD RECOGNIZING RESEARCH EXCELLENCE, Elizabeth Edwards, Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry Helen Chan, Paediatrics HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF ONTARIO Peter Zandstra, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering Eugene Fiume, Computer Science Levente Diosady, Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry Kellie Leitch, Surgery ORDER OF CANADA – MEMBER ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON (UK) – FELLOW Samantha Nutt, Family and Community Medicine Arnold Aberman, Medicine Lewis Kay, Molecular Genetics James Orbinski, Family and Community Medicine George Beaton, Nutritional Sciences Molly Shoichet, Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA – FELLOW Ian Clark, School of Public Policy and Governance Mladen Vranic, Physiology Stewart Aitchison, Electrical and Computer Engineering Stephen Clarkson, Political Science Cristina Amon, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Mary Ferguson-Paré, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing PREMIER’S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS, Alan Brudner, Faculty of Law Bernard Goldman, Surgery ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL Raymond Carlberg, Astronomy and Astrophysics Ken Gass, University College Drama Program Patrick Gullane, Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Jack Chambers, Linguistics Mary Jo Hadad, Health Policy, Management and Evaluation PREMIER’S DISCOVERY AWARD FOR INDIVIDUAL Michael Collins, Civil Engineering Jeffrey Lozon, Health Policy, Management and Evaluation RESEARCH, ONTARIO MINISTRY OF RESEARCH Anthony Doob, Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies Roderick McInnes, Paediatrics AND INNOVATION George Eleftheriades, Electrical and Computer Engineering Samantha Nutt, Family and Community Medicine Geoffrey Ozin, Chemistry Lloyd Gerson, Philosophy Walter Rosser, Family and Community Medicine Michael Trebilcock, Faculty of Law Thomas Keymer, English

14 RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO AWARDS AND HONOURS

Stephen Kudla, Mathematics HENRY MARSHALL TORY MEDAL TRUDEAU FELLOWSHIP, TRUDEAU FOUNDATION Anthony Lang, Medicine J. Richard Bond, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Sujit Choudhry, Faculty of Law Andres Lozano, Surgery Astrophysics Scott Mabury, Chemistry J.B. TYRRELL HISTORICAL MEDAL TRUDEAU MENTOR, TRUDEAU FOUNDATION Samantha Nutt, Family and Community Medicine Jill Matus, English Robert Bothwell, History Renée Miller, Computer Science MCNEIL MEDAL THOMSON REUTERS HIGHLY CITED RESEARCHERS David Novak, Study of Religion R. J. Dwayne Miller, Chemistry (AS OF NOVEMBER 2011) Robert Orr, Physics RUTHERFORD MEMORIAL MEDAL IN CHEMISTRY THE FOLLOWING RESEARCHERS ARE AMONG THE Chul Park, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Andrei Yudin, Chemistry TOP 250 MOST HIGHLY CITED IN THEIR SUBJECT Louis Pauly, Political Science CATEGORIES FROM 2000-2010: RUTHERFORD MEMORIAL MEDAL IN PHYSICS Derek Penslar, History C. Barth Netterfi eld, Physics BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY Robert Reisz, Biology, UTM David MacLennan, Biochemistry WILLET G. MILLER MEDAL James Retallack, History R. Paul Young, Civil Engineering CHEMISTRY Arthur Ripstein, Faculty of Law Lewis Kay, Molecular Genetics John Roder, Molecular Genetics SLOAN RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP, Mitchell Winnik, Chemistry Harry Ruda, Materials Science and Engineering ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION COMPUTER SCIENCE James Rutka, Surgery Spyros Alexakis, Mathematics Radford Neal, Statistics Gregory Scholes, Chemistry Mark Braverman, Mathematics Subbarayan Pasupathy, Electrical and Computer Engineering Frank Sicheri, Molecular Genetics Michael Brudno, Computer Science Charles Rackoff, Mathematical and Computational Sciences, UTM Lee Smolin, Philosophy Vy Dong, Chemistry Kenneth Sevcik, Computer Science Philip Sohm, Art Lawrence Guth, Mathematics Peter Stangeby, University of Toronto Institute for Dvira Segal, Chemistry ECOLOGY/ENVIRONMENT Aerospace Studies Sabine Stanley, Physics Peter Abrams, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology James Thomson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Balázs Szegedy, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, UTSC Wan-Ying Shiu, Centre for Environment Germaine Warkentin, English Aaron Wheeler, Chemistry ENGINEERING Howard Yee, Astronomy and Astrophysics Bruce Francis, Electrical and Computer Engineering Min Zhuo, Physiology STEACIE PRIZE FOR NATURAL SCIENCES, Geoffrey Hinton, Computer Science E.W.R. STEACIE FOUNDATION Walter Wonham, Electrical and Computer Engineering ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA – MEDALS Aaron Hertzmann, Computer Science AWARD IN GENDER STUDIES Ray Jayawardhana, Astronomy and Astrophysics GEOSCIENCES W. Richard Peltier, Physics Shahrzad Mojab, Adult Education and Counselling Psychology, OISE/UT Shana Kelley, Leslie L. Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

BY THE NUMBERS 15 AWARDS AND HONOURS

MATERIALS SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO CONNAUGHT GLOBAL CHALLENGE AWARD Karl Aust, Materials Science and Engineering Stephen Lye, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Neil Coombs, Chemistry Geoffrey Ozin, Chemistry UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO CONNAUGHT INNOVATION AWARD MATHEMATICS Ronald Baecker, Computer Science Nancy Reid, Statistics Mansoor Barati, Materials Science and Engineering Walter Wonham, Electrical and Computer Engineering Tom Chau, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS Amr Helmy, Electrical and Computer Engineering Janet Rossant, Molecular Genetics Peter Lehn, Electrical and Computer Engineering PHARMACOLOGY Joyce Poon, Electrical and Computer Engineering Philip Seeman, Pharmacology and Toxicology Milica Radisic, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering Edward Sellers, Pharmacology and Toxicology Yu Sun, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering PLANT AND ANIMAL SCIENCE Aaron Wheeler, Chemistry Stephen Tobe, Cell and Systems Biology Ning Yan, Faculty of Forestry

PSYCHOLOGY/PSYCHIATRY UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO CONNAUGHT SUMMER INSTITUTE AWARD Paul Garfi nkel, Psychiatry Stewart Aitchison, Electrical and Computer Engineering Janet Polivy, Psychology, UTM Natalie Rothman, Humanities (History), UTSC , Psychology SOCIAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MCLEAN AWARD – SENIOR FELLOW Keith Stanovich, Human Development and Ray Jayawardhana, Astronomy and Astrophysics Applied Psychology, OISE/UT Baochun Li, Electrical and Computer Engineering SPACE SCIENCES Yu Sun, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering J. Richard Bond, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics Raymond Carlberg, Astronomy and Astrophysics VIRGINIA PARKER PRIZE, CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS Howard Yee, Astronomy and Astrophysics Wallace Halladay, Faculty of Music

16 RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Offi ce of the Vice President, Research Simcoe Hall 27 King’s College Circle Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 1A1

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