Slaight Family Foundation Grant
2017: $1 million grant awarded to Dr. Janet Smylie to train healthcare personnel to overcome racial biases which can lead to healthcare delivery inequities. Read more about the grant.

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2017: $1 million grant awarded to Dr. Janet Smylie to train healthcare personnel to overcome racial biases which can lead to healthcare delivery inequities. Read more about the grant.
2017: Awarded to Dr. Ruth Hall by the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. The SOG Award recognizes IHPME graduates who have demonstrated leadership and innovation in shaping the healthcare system. Dr. Hall received the award for the paper "Does the volume of ischemic stroke admissions relate to clinical outcomes in the Ontario stroke system?" published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
2017: Dr. Maria Chiu selected by CivicAction as a DiverseCity Fellow of 2017. The DiverseCity Fellows are emerging leaders from various sectors who have made an impact in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. CivicAction’s DiverseCity Fellows program provides opportunities for emerging leaders to further develop leadership and increase their impact.
2017: Awarded to Dr. Bheeshma Ravi for "A population-based assessment of opioid use before and after total joint arthroplasty."
2017: Awarded to Dr. Tetyana Kendzerska for the project "Effectiveness and safety of inhaled corticosteroids in elderly individuals with chronic obstructive airway diseases: a population-based study." This award is offered in partnership with the CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health.
2017: Awarded by the Gambling Research Exchange Ontario (GREO) to Dr. Junaid Bhatti for knowledge translation.
2016: Awarded to Dr. Amer Johri for having made the most meritorious contributions to health research during the previous year or several years.
2016-19: Early Researcher Award (ERA), Ministry of Research and Innovation, awarded to Dr. Amer Johri. The ERA supported the Vascular Imaging as a Barometer for Early Detection of Heart Disease (VIBE Program). The goal of the program was to validate the concept that vascular ultrasound can be used as an early warning “barometer” for vulnerable plaque.
2016: Dr. Mehran Anvari was appointed to the Order of Ontario for his contributions to the field of robotic surgery.
2016: Dr. Jennifer Walker was awarded a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Health.