Department of Nutritional Sciences / en Five researchers recognized with 2024 President’s Impact Awards /celebrates/five-researchers-recognized-2024-president-s-impact-awards <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Five researchers recognized with 2024 President’s Impact Awards</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="2024-03-15T09:28:59-04:00" title="Friday, March 15, 2024 - 09:28" class="datetime">Fri, 03/15/2024 - 09:28</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/dalla-lana-school-public-health" hreflang="en">Dalla Lana School of Public Health</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-chemistry" hreflang="en">Department of Chemistry</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-history" hreflang="en">Department of History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-nutritional-sciences" hreflang="en">Department of Nutritional Sciences</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-law" hreflang="en">Faculty of Law</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/president-s-impact-award" hreflang="en">President's Impact Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/rotman-school-management" hreflang="en">Rotman School of Management</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/unity-health" hreflang="en">Unity Health</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/women-gender-studies-institute" hreflang="en">Women &amp; Gender Studies Institute</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/2024-03/President%27s-Impact-awards-image.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: Professor Gillian Hadfield, Professor M. Murphy, University Professor David Jenkins, Professor Alán Aspuru-Guzik and Associate Professor Yvonne Bombard</em></p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Five Ƶ researchers have received President’s Impact Awards for their important work in AI governance, environmental justice, genomics policy, nutritional sciences and quantum computing.</p> <p>The awards celebrate and honour faculty members whose research has led to a significant impact beyond academia.&nbsp;Laureates are designated as members of the <a href="https://research.utoronto.ca/honours-awards/presidents-impact-award-academy/presidents-impact-academy#2024">President’s Impact Academy</a>, and receive a monetary award of $10,000 per year for five years to be used toward their research.</p> <p>“I would like to congratulate the winners of this year’s President’s Impact Awards for their outstanding work in tackling some of the biggest challenges of our time,” said <strong>Barbara Fallon</strong>, U of T's associate vice-president, research.</p> <p>“From informing and improving dietary choices to fostering greater alignment between environmental justice and Indigenous communities, these scholars are generating knowledge and ideas that stand to have a tremendous impact beyond academia.</p> <p>“Their exceptional contributions speak to the important role that U of T researchers play in improving lives in Canada and around the world.”</p> <p>This year’s winners are:</p> <p><strong>Gillian Hadfield</strong>, professor in the Faculty of Law and Rotman School of Management, “for contributions impacting access to justice, innovative design for legal and dispute resolution systems in advanced and developing market economies, and governance for artificial intelligence.”</p> <p><strong>M. Murphy</strong>, professor in the Women &amp; Gender Studies Institute and department of history in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science, “for contributions that consistently move environmental justice research along a collaborative trajectory with Indigenous communities, data practices, and policy-making.”</p> <p><strong>Yvonne Bombard</strong>, scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto and associate professor in the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, “for her significant contributions in enacting national law against genetic discrimination, improving healthcare options for Canadians, and advancing clinical practice and genomics research.”</p> <p><strong>Alán Aspuru-Guzik</strong>, professor in the department of chemistry and department of computer science in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science, “for his pioneering work in the fields of artificial intelligence and quantum computing for materials discovery.”</p> <p><strong>David Jenkins</strong>, <a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/complete-list-university-professors/">University Professor</a> in the department of nutritional sciences at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, “for his studies on the health effects of food that have changed how the world makes healthy dietary choices.”</p> <h3><a href="https://research.utoronto.ca/honours-awards/presidents-impact-award-academy/presidents-impact-academy#2024">Read more about the President's Impact Academy</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> Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:28:59 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 306796 at 13 U of T faculty members named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada /celebrates/13-u-t-faculty-members-named-fellows-royal-society-canada <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">13 U of T faculty members named 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/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="2023-09-05T15:43:09-04:00" title="Tuesday, September 5, 2023 - 15:43" class="datetime">Tue, 09/05/2023 - 15:43</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/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/scarborough" hreflang="en">Scarborough</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-biochemistry" hreflang="en">Department of Biochemistry</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-philosophy" hreflang="en">Department of Philosophy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-psychology" hreflang="en">Department of Psychology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6877" hreflang="en">Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</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/hospital-sick-children" hreflang="en">Hospital for Sick Children</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/uhn" hreflang="en">UHN</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>Thirteen faculty members from across the Ƶ have been appointed Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada – a prestigious distinction given to the country’s most distinguished scholars, artists and scientists.</p> <p>“The Ƶ congratulates these extraordinary researchers on this important recognition of their dedication, leadership and impact,” says <strong>Leah Cowen</strong>, U of T’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives.&nbsp; “Across a diverse array of disciplines, they are addressing some of the world’s most pressing challenges – and their contributions to their respective fields continue to break new ground.”</p> <p>The new Fellows are:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li><strong>Ryan Balot</strong> of the department of political science in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> <li><strong>Paul Bloom</strong> of the department of psychology in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> <li><a href="https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/professors-alberto-leon-garcia-and-tom-chau-named-fellows-of-the-royal-society-of-canada/"><strong>Tom Chau</strong> of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital and the Institute of Biomedical Engineering</a> in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</li> <li><strong>Robert Gerlai</strong> of the department of psychology at U of T Mississauga&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li><a href="https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/professors-alberto-leon-garcia-and-tom-chau-named-fellows-of-the-royal-society-of-canada/"><strong>Alberto Leon-Garcia</strong> of the Edward S. Rogers Sr. department of electrical and computer engineering</a> in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li><strong>Jason Moffat</strong> of the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the department of molecular genetics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Amit Oza </strong>of the University Health Network (UHN) and the department of medicine in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Daniela Rotin</strong> of SickKids and the department of biochemistry in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Aaron Schimmer</strong> of UHN and the department of medical biophysics in in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><a href="https://utsc.utoronto.ca/news-events/daily-update/philosophy-prof-appointed-fellow-royal-society-canada"><strong>William Seager</strong> of the department of philosophy</a> at U of T Scarborough&nbsp;</li> <li><strong>Valerie Tarasuk</strong> of the department of nutritional sciences in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>R. Paul Thompson</strong> of the Institute for the History &amp; Philosophy of Science and Technology in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science&nbsp;</li> <li><strong>Daniel Trefler</strong> of the Rotman School of Management&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>They join more than 350 Fellows of the Royal Society affiliated with U of T.</p> <h4><a href="https://rsc-src.ca/en/news/press-release-rsc-presents-class-2023">Read more about the Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada</a></h4> </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> <div class="field field--name-field-add-new-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add new tags</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/holland-bloorview-kids-rehabilitation-hospital" hreflang="en">Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-nutritional-sciences" hreflang="en">Department of Nutritional Sciences</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6872" hreflang="en">Institute for the History &amp; Philosophy of Science &amp; Technology</a></div> </div> </div> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 19:43:09 +0000 lanthierj 302870 at