Toronto Western Hospital / en Gelareh Zadeh wins a Canada Gairdner Momentum Award /celebrates/gelareh-zadeh-wins-canada-gairdner-momentum-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Gelareh Zadeh wins a Canada Gairdner Momentum 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/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="2023-03-30T10:20:53-04:00" title="Thursday, March 30, 2023 - 10:20" class="datetime">Thu, 03/30/2023 - 10:20</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/uhn" hreflang="en">UHN</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/toronto-western-hospital" hreflang="en">Toronto Western Hospital</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6925" hreflang="en">Princess Margaret 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="/taxonomy/term/6926" hreflang="en">Canada Gairdner Momentum 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/Gelareh-Zadeh_Courtesy-UHN-StRIDe-team-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">Gelareh Zadeh (photo courtesy of UHN StRIDe team)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Gelareh Zadeh</strong> has been recognized with a 2023 Canada Gairdner Award for her research on the classification and treatment of brain tumours.</p> <p>She is one of two winners of the inaugural Momentum Awards, created by the Gairdner Foundation to recognize mid-career researchers who have made significant discoveries with the potential to improve human health.</p> <p>“It is such an honour to receive this award from the Gairdner Foundation,” said Zadeh, a clinician and senior scientist at University Health Network and a professor of surgery at the Ƶ's Temerty Faculty of Medicine.</p> <p>“I attribute my success in large part to the highly skilled and integrated research and clinical teams that I work with at University Health Network. My team’s achievements in translational brain research simply would not be possible without the exceptional researchers, trainees, neuro-oncologists, surgical teams and patients that we work with every day,” Zadeh said.</p> <p>Zadeh was recognized for her contributions to the understanding of brain tumours. Her work has led to a new molecular classification of one of the most common types of brain tumours – meningiomas – an advance that could produce more effective treatments, models for predicting patient outcomes and biomarkers of treatment response.</p> <p>Zadeh holds the Dan Family Chair in the division of neurosurgery at U of T’s department of surgery and is the first woman in Canada to be named neurosurgery chair. The head of neurosurgery at Toronto Western Hospital and co-director of the Krembil Brain Institute, she leads a 30-member research team at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.</p> <h3><a href="/news/gelareh-zadeh-neurosurgeon-scientist-recognized-canada-gairdner-momentum-award">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">Temerty</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, 30 Mar 2023 14:20:53 +0000 lanthierj 181096 at Nine U of T researchers named fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences /celebrates/nine-u-t-researchers-named-fellows-canadian-academy-health-sciences <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Nine 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="2020-10-09T13:48:04-04:00" title="Friday, October 9, 2020 - 13:48" class="datetime">Fri, 10/09/2020 - 13:48</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-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <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/dalla-lana-school-public-health" hreflang="en">Dalla Lana School of Public Health</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/unity-health" hreflang="en">Unity Health</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/toronto-western-hospital" hreflang="en">Toronto Western Hospital</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/lawrence-s-bloomberg-faculty-nursing" hreflang="en">Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing</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="/celebrates/awards-tags/toronto-rehabilitation-institute" hreflang="en">Toronto Rehabilitation Institute</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="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Nine Ƶ researchers have been named fellows of <a href="https://cahs-acss.ca/">the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences</a> in recognition of their&nbsp;“vision, innovation and sustained excellence.”&nbsp;</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>“This&nbsp;honour is one of the highest distinctions for academics in the health sciences field and the Ƶ congratulates these faculty members on this important recognition of their research accomplishments, scientific leadership&nbsp;and creativity&nbsp;– and their contributions to the public good,” 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.</p> <p>“It’s also a testament to the vital importance of our hospital and health-system partners who help make those contributions possible.”</p> <p>The new fellows are:</p> <ul> <li><strong>David Chitayat</strong>, professor in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and head of the prenatal diagnosis and medical genetics program, Mount Sinai Hospital</li> <li><strong>Dafna Gladman</strong>, professor in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and senior scientist, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital</li> <li><strong>Katherine S. McGilton</strong>, associate professor in the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and senior scientist,&nbsp;Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network&nbsp;</li> <li><strong>Heyu Ni</strong>,&nbsp;professor in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and senior scientist and platform director, Canadian Blood Services Centre for Innovation at St. Michael’s Hospital</li> <li><strong>Ravi Retnakaran</strong>, professor in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and clinician-scientist, Mount Sinai Hospital, Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes</li> <li><strong>Norman Rosenblum</strong>, professor in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and senior scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children</li> <li><strong>Janet Smylie</strong>, professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Research Chair, St. Michael’s Hospital and staff physician, Unity Health Toronto</li> <li><strong>Ross Upshur</strong>, professor in the Dalla Lana&nbsp;School of Public Health and associate director, Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health</li> <li><strong>Lu-Yang Wang</strong>, professor in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine&nbsp;and senior scientist, The Hospital For Sick Children Research Institute</li> </ul> <p>“Your induction is a reflection of your vision, innovation and sustained excellence in your field,” &nbsp;said Dr. Proton Rahman, the chair of the CAHS fellowship committee.&nbsp;“Undoubtedly, your expertise will further enrich our Academy.”</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> Fri, 09 Oct 2020 17:48:04 +0000 lanthierj 165860 at