2016 Honours and Awards
In 2016, many Faculty members won international, national and local awards for their outstanding work.
| Prof. Peter Adamson | Member of the Order of Ontario |
| Prof. Najma A. Ahmed | 2016 Royal College AMS/Donald Richards Wilson Award |
| Prof. Lori Albert | Canadian Rheumatology Association 2016 Teacher-Educator Award |
| Prof. Brenda Andrews | Companion of the Order of Canada |
| Prof. Cheryl Arrowsmith | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Prof. Richard Bazinet | Young Investigator Award for Outstanding Research Lecture by the Canadian Nutrition Society |
| Prof. Paul Boutros | 2015-16 Early Career Excellence in Graduate Teaching & Mentorship award |
| Prof. Rosa Braga-Mele | Faculty of Medicine’s 2016 Community Based Teaching Awards |
| Prof. Dina Brooks | Rehabilitation Sciences Institute (RSI) Outstanding Service Award 2015-16 Sustained Excellence in Graduate Teaching & Mentorship award |
| Prof. Merrilee Brown | Family Physician of the Year (Ontario) award, The College of Family Physicians of Canada |
| Prof. Patricia Brubaker | 2015-16 Sustained Excellence in Graduate Teaching & Mentorship award |
| Prof. Jagdish Butany | Excellence in Linking Undergraduate Teaching to Research in Life Sciences 2015-2016 Award |
| Prof. Vincent Chan | Colin Woolf Award for Long-Term Contributions to Continuing Education from the Faculty of Medicine’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Office |
| Prof. Yvonne Chan | Colin Woolf Award for Excellence in Course Coordination from the Faculty of Medicine’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Office |
| Prof. Tom Chau | March of Dimes Canada’s 2016 Jonas Salk Pioneer Award |
| Prof. Hance Clarke | Canadian Pain Society (CPS) 2016 Early Career Award |
| Prof. Pamela Coates | Faculty of Medicine’s 2016 W.T. Aikins Award for Excellence in Course/Program Development and Coordination |
| Prof. Angela Colantonio | American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine’s Distinguished Member Award |
Prof. Graham Collingridge | Brain Prize from the Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation |
| Dr. Michael Corbo | Professional Association of Residents of Ontario 2016 Resident Teaching Awards |
| Prof. Brian Cox | 2015-16 Early Career Excellence in Graduate Teaching & Mentorship award |
| Ali Damji | Professional Association of Residents of Ontario 2016 Citizenship Awards for Medical Student |
| Dr. Peter Deimling | Regional Family Physicians of the Year, The Ontario College of Family Physicians |
| Prof. John Dick | 2016 Class of Fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research Academy International KFJ Award from Rigshospitalet |
| Dr. Susan Edwards | 2015 recipient of the Resident Doctors of Canada (RDoC) Puddester Award for Resident Wellness |
| Prof. Philip Ellison | Regional Family Physicians of the Year, The Ontario College of Family Physicians |
| Prof. Robert Fowler | Order of Ontario |
| Prof. Jeremy Friedman | 2016 Citizenship Award from the SickKids Medical Staff Association |
| Prof. Herbert Gaisano | Order of Ontario |
| Prof. Dafna Gladman | Evelyn V. Hess Lupus Research Award, The Lupus Foundation of America |
| Prof. Allan Grill | 2016 Award of Excellence from the College of Family Physicians of Canada |
| Prof. Jennifer Gommerman | 2015-16 Continuing Excellence in Graduate Teaching & Mentorship award |
| Prof. Mary Gospodarowicz | Canadian Cancer Society 2016 O. Harold Warwick Prize |
| Prof. Anthony Hanley | 2015-16 Continuing Excellence in Graduate Teaching & Mentorship award |
| Prof. Carol Heck | Faculty of Medicine’s 2016 W.T. Aikins Award for Excellence in Individual Teaching Performance in Small Group |
| Prof. Nina Horvath | Faculty of Medicine’s 2016 Community Based Teaching Awards |
| Prof. St George-Hyslop | 2016 Weston Brain Institute Outstanding Achievement Award |
| Prof. Emerita Anna Jarvis | 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women in the publication 100ABCWOMEN Member of the Order of Ontario |
| Prof. Monica Justice | Fellow, The American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Prof. Joel Katz | Canadian Pain Society 2016 Outstanding Pain Mentorship Award |
| Prof. Lewis Kay | Officer, Order of Canada |
| Prof. Shana Kelley | Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering |
| Prof. Ahlia Khan-Trottier | Excellence in Undergraduate Laboratory Teaching in the Life Sciences 2015-2016 Award |
| Prof. Diana Kljenak | IPE Team Award from the Faculty of Medicine’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Office |
| Prof. Ronald Laxer | Canadian Rheumatology Association's 2016 Distinguished Rheumatologist Award |
| Prof. John Lee | Colin Woolf Award for Excellence in Course Coordination from the Faculty of Medicine’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Office |
| Prof. Lawrence Leiter | Canadian Diabetes Association Lifetime Achievement Award for Research Excellence Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism Robert Volpe Distinguished Service Award |
| Prof. Tina Martimianakis | 2016 Meredith Marks Award from the Canadian Association for Medical Education |
| Prof. Danielle Martin | Bruce Squires Award |
| Prof. Sunita Mathur | 2016 Canadian Respiratory Health Professionals’ Distinction Award |
| Prof. George Mochizuki | Rehabilitation Sciences Institute (RSI) Early Career Excellence in Supervision and Mentorship Award |
| Prof. Cindi Morshead | Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in the Life Sciences 2015-2016 Award |
| Prof. Robert Nam | Professional Association of Residents of Ontario 2016 Excellence in Clinical Teaching Awards |
| Dr. Aravind Namasivayam (PI) | Excellence in Applied Research award by the Speech-Language and Audiology Canada |
| Prof. Steven Narod | 2016 Basser Global Prize 2016 Killam Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts |
| Prof. Julian Nedzelski | Order of Ontario |
| Prof. Joyce Nyhof-Young | 2016 Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) Certificate of Merit Awards |
| Prof. Kelly O’Brien | Innovation and Advancement Award by the Ontario Physiotherapy Association |
| Prof. James Orbinski | 2016 Teasdale-Corti Humanitarian Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Award |
| Dr. Fahima Osman | 2015 Torontonians of the Year by Post City Magazine |
| Prof. Pauline Pariser | 2016 Award of Excellence from the College of Family Physicians of Canada |
| Sneha Raju | Professional Association of Residents of Ontario 2016 Citizenship Awards for Medical Student |
| Prof. Reinhart Reithmeier | 2015-16 Sustained Excellence in Graduate Teaching & Mentorship award |
| Prof. Michael Roberts | 2016 Award of Excellence from the College of Family Physicians of Canada |
| University Prof. Janet Rossant | 2016 Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research |
| Prof. Miriam Rossi | 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women in the publication 100ABCWOMEN |
| Edward (Ted) H. Sargent | Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering |
| Prof. Martin Schreiber | 2016 3M National Teaching Fellow by 3M Canada and the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education |
| Prof. Michael Sefton | 2016 Terumo Global Science Prize |
| Prof. Peter Selby | 2016 Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) Certificate of Merit Awards Fred Fallis Online Program Award from the Faculty of Medicine’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Office |
| Prof. Frances A. Shepherd | Member of the Order of Canada |
| University Prof. Molly Shoichet | Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) |
| MD Candidate Sarah Silverberg | 2016 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Award |
| Prof. Catriona Steele | Speech-Language and Audiology Canada Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Prof. Donald Struss | Officer, Order of Canada |
| Prof. Uri Tabori | Canadian Cancer Society 2016 Bernard and Francine Dorval Prize |
| Prof. Charles Tator | Officer, Order of Canada |
| Dr. Dimitrios Tsirigotis | Professional Association of Residents of Ontario 2016 Resident Teaching Awards |
| Prof. Michael Tymianski | Member of the Order of Canada |
| Prof. Pascal van Lieshout | Excellence in Applied Research award by the Speech-Language and Audiology Canada |
| Dr. Allan Vescan | Colin Woolf Award for Excellence in Course Coordination from the Faculty of Medicine’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Office |
| Prof. Shelly Weiss | Colin Woolf Award for Long-Term Contributions to Continuing Education from the Faculty of Medicine’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Office |
| Dr. Jeff Weissberger | Faculty of Medicine’s 2016 Community Based Teaching Awards |
| Prof. Martin Wojtowicz | Excellence in Linking Undergraduate Teaching to Research in Life Sciences 2015-2016 Award |
| Prof. Rene Wong | David Fear Fellowship from the Faculty of Medicine’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Office |
| Prof. Kazuhiro Yasufuku | Ivan Silver Innovation Award from the Faculty of Medicine’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Office |
| Dr. Euson Yeung | 2016 Canadian Physiotherapy Association Mentorship Award |
| Prof. Shi-Joon Yoo | Professional Association of Residents of Ontario 2016 Excellence in Clinical Teaching Awards |
| Prof. Eric Yu | 2016 Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) Certificate of Merit Awards |
| Prof. Gang Zheng | American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellow |
| Dr. Wei Zhang | Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation |
| Prof. Stanley Zlotkin | Order of Ontario |
| The Centre for Computational Medicine (SickKids Research Institute) | International Data Corporation’s 2016 HPC (High Performance Computing) Innovation Excellence Award |
| UofTMed Magazine | 2016 Domtar In-House Design Award from the Association of Registered Graphic Designers |