Department of Medical Biophysics / en 4 faculty members named to Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists /celebrates/4-faculty-members-named-royal-society-canada-s-college-new-scholars-artists-and <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">4 faculty members named to Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists</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="2024-09-09T13:02:54-04:00" title="Monday, September 9, 2024 - 13:02" class="datetime">Mon, 09/09/2024 - 13:02</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/department-medical-biophysics" hreflang="en">Department of Medical Biophysics</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-scarborough" hreflang="en">ֱ Scarborough</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/uhn" hreflang="en">UHN</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="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2024-09/royal-society-group.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"><p><em>Clockwise from top left: Stefanos Aretakis, Caroline S Hossein, Trevor Pugh and Veronique Miron (supplied images)</em></p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Four faculty members from the University of Toronto have been appointed to the Royal Society of Canada’s <a href="https://rsc-src.ca/en/fellows-members/college-members">College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists</a>.</p> <p>The college recognizes members of the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership who have showcased exceptional accomplishment.</p> <p>“On behalf of the entire ֱ community, I would like to congratulate the faculty members on this most deserved recognition of their excellence,” says&nbsp;<strong>Leah Cowen</strong>, ֱ’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives.</p> <p>“From cutting-edge research on neurological disorders and cancers to advancements in mathematics and leadership in solidarity economies, these scholars are furthering knowledge that stands to impact people and communities in Canada and around the world.”</p> <p>The new members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists are:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Stefanos Aretakis</strong> of the department of computer and mathematical sciences at ֱ Scarborough</li> <li><strong>Caroline S Hossein</strong> of the department of global development studies at ֱ Scarborough</li> <li><strong>Veronique Miron</strong> of Unity Health Toronto and the department of immunology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Trevor Pugh </strong>of the University Health Network and the department of medical biophysics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> </ul> <h3><a href="https://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 17:02:54 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 309293 at Aled Edwards named a fellow of the U.K.’s Royal Society /celebrates/aled-edwards-named-fellow-uk-s-royal-society <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Aled Edwards named a fellow of the U.K.’s Royal Society</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="2024-07-31T11:12:18-04:00" title="Wednesday, July 31, 2024 - 11:12" class="datetime">Wed, 07/31/2024 - 11:12</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/department-medical-biophysics" hreflang="en">Department of Medical Biophysics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-molecular-genetics" hreflang="en">Department of Molecular Genetics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/donnelly-centre-cellular-and-biomedical-research" hreflang="en">Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/royal-society-uk-0" hreflang="en">Royal Society U.K.</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</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/2024-07/UofT90120_2022-10-28--Aled-and-Elizabeth-Edwards-%2810%29-crop.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"><p><em>Aled Edwards (photo by Johnny Guatto)</em></p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://discover.research.utoronto.ca/15563-aled-edwards"><strong>Aled Edwards</strong></a>, a professor in the departments of medical biophysics and molecular genetics and the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, has been elected to the <a href="https://royalsociety.org/news/2024/05/new-fellows-2024/">Fellowship of the Royal Society</a>, the U.K.’s national academy of sciences.</p> <p>The world’s oldest independent scientific academy in continuous existence, the Royal Society recognizes individuals who have significantly impacted science through its fellowship program. Fellows are elected based on their substantial contributions to fields including mathematics, engineering science and medical science.</p> <p>Edwards, who holds a Temerty Nexus Chair of Health Innovation and Technology and is the founder and CEO of the <a href="https://www.thesgc.org/">Structural Genomics Consortium</a>, was honoured for his contributions to accelerating drug discovery following an open science ethos.</p> <p>As a fellow of the Royal Society, Edwards will continue to advocate for open science and collaborative research.</p> <h3><a href="https://royalsociety.org/people/aled-edwards-36787/">Read the Royal Society profile of Aled Edwards</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, 31 Jul 2024 15:12:18 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 308791 at Fumin Guo recognized with Polanyi Prize in Physiology and Medicine /celebrates/fumin-guo-recognized-polanyi-prize-physiology-and-medicine <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Fumin Guo recognized with Polanyi Prize in Physiology and Medicine</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="2022-01-18T15:19:28-05:00" title="Tuesday, January 18, 2022 - 15:19" class="datetime">Tue, 01/18/2022 - 15:19</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/polanyi-prize-physiology-and-medicine" hreflang="en">Polanyi Prize in Physiology and Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/council-ontario-universities" hreflang="en">Council of Ontario Universities</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/department-medical-biophysics" hreflang="en">Department of Medical Biophysics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">portrait</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Photo_-Fumin-Guo-crop.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Fumin Guo"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><b>Fumin Guo</b>, a post-doctoral researcher in the department of medical biophysics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, has been awarded a Polanyi Prize in Physiology and Medicine for research that is refining the treatment of ventricular tachycardia or unusually fast heartbeat, which can result in sudden death.</p> <p>The prestigious John Charles Polanyi prizes are awarded in honour of <a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/complete-list-university-professors/">University Professor</a> <b>John Polanyi</b>, who won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Funded by the government of Ontario and administered by the Council of Ontario Universities, they recognize innovative researchers who are continuing postdoctoral work or have recently been appointed as faculty at an Ontario university.</p> <p>Guo, a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Banting fellow, is developing tools and algorithms to better visualize and quantify affected tissue in the heart and accurately deliver radiofrequency ablation without damaging surrounding nerves or tissue using real-time MRI guidance. Preclinical studies show the research has promise for improving the treatment and management of ventricular tachycardia.</p> <p>“Each year, nearly 40,000 Canadians succumb to sudden cardiac death, the most common cause of which is ventricular tachycardia,” said <b>Leah Cowen</b>,<b> </b>ֱ’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives. “Fumin Guo is addressing the urgent need to improve tools and therapy options for this condition – and the&nbsp;University of Toronto congratulates him on this important recognition of his work to improve the lives of those affected by heart conditions.”</p> <h3><a href="https://ontariosuniversities.ca/impact/award-winners/john-charles-polanyi-prizes-2021">Read more about the John Charles Polanyi Prizes</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, 18 Jan 2022 20:19:28 +0000 lanthierj 172027 at