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March 26, 2025

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The Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto is at the centre of one of North America’s largest biomedical research, education and clinical care networks. With nine fully affiliated research-intensive hospitals — and dozens of community and clinical care sites — Temerty Medicine offers unparalleled opportunities in Canada’s most dynamic city for our more than 9,000 faculty and staff and 7,000 learners at all levels.

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Mar 27, 2025

High-resolution ultrasound enables faster prostate cancer diagnosis

A new study from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the University of Toronto has shown that high-resolution ultrasound is as effective as MRI in detecting prostate cancer, potentially leading to faster diagnoses and fewer hospital visits, and freeing up the MRI for other uses.
Mar 24, 2025

New report highlights wins — and opportunities — for climate action and sustainability in health care

Health organizations across the Toronto Academic Health Science Network are taking action to improve sustainability in health care — and better prepare for the health impacts of climate change.
Mar 24, 2025

U of T researchers discover nine genes used by bacteria to defend against viruses

University of Toronto researchers have discovered nine new genes used by bacteria to protect themselves against phages – viruses that infect them. The findings could have profound implications for the development of strategies to treat bacterial infections, particularly those that are drug resistant.
From Faculty leadership

Growing our research commercialization ecosystem

Last week, the University of Toronto hosted its ninth annual Entrepreneurship Week to showcase and celebrate innovation and startup activity. Whether as founders, panelists or attendees, I was delighted to see so many members of the Temerty Medicine community take part in the events. We have a proud history of enabling discoveries that have laid the groundwork for new therapies, devices, tools and policies that improved the lives of people around the world. Scientific inquiry will always remain a core part of our mission as a world-class hub for biomedical research, education and clinical care, but increasingly, we recognize the importance of taking our work one step further — to market.

Lisa Robinson, Dean of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Vice-Provost, Relations with Health Care Institutions

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