2015 Honours and Awards
In 2015, many Faculty members won international, national and local awards for their outstanding work.
| Dean Emeritus Arnold Aberman | Honorary Degree, University of Toronto |
| Prof. John Abrahamson | Excellence in Community-Based Teaching (Community Hospital) |
| Omri Arvib | 2015 ASH Honours Award |
| Prof. Barbara (Dee) Ballyk | Faculty of Medicine’s 2015 W.T. Aikins Award for Excellence in Course/Program Development and Coordination |
| Prof. Nancy Baxter | 2014/15 CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research Article of the Year Award |
| Prof. Stacey Bernstein | 2015 Canadian Association for Medical Education Certificate of Merit |
| Prof. Dina Brooks | 2015 World Confederation for Physical Therapy International Service Award |
| Prof. Paul Caulford | 2015 Award of Excellence, Ontario College of Family Physicians |
| Patricia Cayetano | 2015 Staff IMPACT Fostering a Collaborative Environment |
| Prof. David Chan | Faculty of Medicine’s 2015 W.T. Aikins Award for Excellence in Course/Program Development and Coordination |
| Sam Chan | 2015 Staff IMPACT Fostering a Collaborative Environment |
| Prof. Hong Chang | Excellence in Linking Undergraduate Teaching to Research in Life Sciences |
| Philip Chung | 2015 Staff IMPACT Fostering a Collaborative Environment |
| Prof. Angela Colantonio | 2015 University of Texas Medical Branch School of Health Professions Robert L. Moody Prize |
| Prof. Denis Daneman | 2015 Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres Contribution to Child Health Award |
| Donna Deak | 2015 Staff IMPACT Quality Improvement Award |
| Prof. Cindy-Lee Dennis | 2015 Society of Reproductive and Infant Psychology Lecturer Award |
| Prof. Yigal Dror | 2015 ASH Honours Award |
| Prof. Daniel Drucker | Fellow by the Royal Society |
| Gabrielle Duchesne | 2015 Staff IMPACT Social Responsibility Award |
| Prof. Daniel Durocher | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre’s 2015 Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada |
| Dr. Brent Elsey | 2015 Award of Excellence, Ontario College of Family Physicians |
| Prof. Michael Evans | Canadian Cancer Research Alliance’s award for Distinguished Service to Cancer Research |
| Prof. Michael Fehlings | 2015 Scoliosis Research Society Thomas Whitecloud Award |
| Prof. Kymm Feldman | 2015 Canadian Association for Medical Education Certificate of Merit |
| Prof. Peter Ferguson | 2015 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada AMS Donald R. Wilson Award |
| Prof. Vito Forte | 2015 Manning Innovation Award |
| Prof. John Fowler | Sustained Excellence in Community-Based Teaching |
| Prof. Brendan Frey | Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada |
| Carolanne Graham | 2015 Staff IMPACT Fostering a Collaborative Environment |
| Christianne Green | 2015 Staff IMPACT Quality Improvement Award |
| Christianne Green | 2015 Staff IMPACT Fostering a Collaborative Environment |
| Prof. Anne-Claude Gingras | Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada |
| Prof. Patrick Gullane | Order of Ontario |
| Dr. Debbie Gurfinkel | Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in Life Sciences |
| Shahidul Haque Apu | 2015 Staff IMPACT Fostering a Collaborative Environment |
| Prof. Brian Hodges | 2015 Abraham Flexner Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education |
| Wendy Horsfall | 2015 Staff IMPACT Service in a Laboratory Research Environment Award |
| Prof. Michael Hutcheon | 2015 American Thoracic Society Assembly on Clinical Problems Educator Award |
| Prof. Edsel Ing | 2015 Professional Association of Residents of Ontario Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award |
| Prof. David Jenkins | 2014 Bloomberg Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health |
| Prof. Michael Julius | 2014 Research Canada Leadership Award |
| Christine Kreutzer | 2015 Staff IMPACT David Keeling Award for Administrative Excellence |
| Christine Kreutzer | 2015 Staff IMPACT Fostering a Collaborative Environment |
| Prof. Eddy Lau | Excellence in Community-Based Teaching (Office/Clinic) |
| Prof. Andreas Laupacis | Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada |
| Prof. Julie Lefebvre | 2015 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Sloan Research Fellowship |
| Melissa Lem | University College U of T Young Alumna of Influence |
| Prof. Fok-Han Leung | Faculty of Medicine's 2015 W.T. Aikins Award for Excellence in Individual Teaching in Small Group |
| Marie Leverman | 2015 Staff IMPACT Fostering a Collaborative Environment |
| Prof. Brian Levine | 2014 International Neuropsychological Society Benton Mid-Career Award for Research |
| Dr. Kevin Levitt | 2015 American College of Cardiology Young Investigators Award |
| Prof. Gary Levy | Order of Ontario |
| Prof. Katie Lundon | Canadian Physiotherapy Association Honourary Membership Award |
| Prof. David H. MacLennan | Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| Prof. Heather MacNeill | Excellence in Community-Based Teaching (Community Hospital) |
| Prof. Danielle Martin | 2015 Award of Excellence, Ontario College of Family Physicians |
| Katherine McConnell | 2015 Staff IMPACT Quality Improvement Award |
| Prof. Allison McGeer | 2015 Canadian Medical Association May Cohen Award for Women Mentors |
| Prof. Hans Messner | Order of Ontario |
| Clare Mitchell | 2015 Staff IMPACT Leadership Award |
| Prof. Matthew Morton | 2015 CREOG National Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education |
| Dr. Kerstin Mossman | 2015 Award of Excellence, Ontario College of Family Physicians |
| Prof. Ophyr Mourad | 2015 Professional Association of Residents of Ontario Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award |
| Prof. Marialena Mouzaki | 2015 American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Best International Abstract Awardee |
| Prof. Kieran Murphy | 2015 Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation Leaders in Innovation Award |
| Prof. David Naylor | Canadian Medical Hall of Fame |
| Prof. Deborah O’Connor | 2015 Khursheed Jeejeebhoy Award for Best Application of Clinical Nutrition Research Findings to Clinical Practice |
| Rob Page | 2015 Staff IMPACT Quality Improvement Award |
| Prof. Anwar Parbtani | 2015 Award of Excellence, Ontario College of Family Physicians |
| Dr. Sian Patterson | Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in Life Sciences |
| Postdoctoral Fellow Julia Petschnigg | 2015 Inventor of the Year |
| Prof. Agostino Pierro | Honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) |
| Prof. Agostino Pierro | 2015 ICCO (Italian Chamber of Commerce Ontario) Arts, Science and Culture Award |
| Prof. Anca Prica | 2015 ASH Honours Award |
| Prof. Vivian Rambihar | University of Toronto’s University College Alumni of Influence |
| Prof. Adam Rosebrock | Excellence in Undergraduate Laboratory Teaching in Life Sciences |
| Prof. Janet Rossant | 2015 Canada Gairdner Wightman Award |
| Prof. James Rutka | 2015 Margolese National Brain Disorders Prize |
| Prof. Molly Shoichet | 2015 L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science North American laureate |
| Prof. Sachdev Sidhu | 2015 Protein Society’s Christian B. Anfinsen Award |
| Prof. Arthur Slutsky | 2014 Canadian Institutes of Health Research Health Researcher of the Year Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada |
| Ben Smith Lee | 2015 Staff IMPACT Fostering a Collaborative Environment |
| Prof. Igor Stagljar | 2015 Inventor of the Year |
| Caroline Sutherland | 2015 Lois Ross CAIR Award for Service to Residents |
| Prof. Carter Thorne | 2015 Distinguished Rheumatologist Award |
| Sarah Topa | 2015 Staff IMPACT New Employee Award |
| Prof. David Urbach | 2014/15 CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research Article of the Year Award |
| Court van Beek | 2015 Staff IMPACT Fostering a Collaborative Environment |
| Prof. Derek van der Kooy | 2015 Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology Heinz Lehmann Award |
| Julie Verduci | 2015 Staff IMPACT Fostering a Collaborative Environment |
| Prof. Subodh Verma | The Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists |
| Abi Vijenthira | 2015 ASH Honours Award |
| Prof. Andrea Waddell | 2015 Canadian Association for Medical Education Certificate of Merit |
| Prof. Michael Ward | Excellence in Community-Based Teaching (Office/Clinic) |
| Prof. Padraig Warde | Honorary Fellowship, Faculty of Radiologists of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| Prof. Dave Williams | Order of Ontario |
| Prof. Brian Wong | 2015 Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada Young Educators Award |
| Prof. Trevor Young | Colvin Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Mood Disorders Research |
| Prof. Anna Zavodni | 2014 Radiological Society of North America Alexander R. Margulis Award for Scientific Excellence |
| Office of Communications | 2015 MarCom Gold Award for Dean’s Report 2015: Let’s Do What Can’t Be Done |