Research

The University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine and our nine fully affiliated hospitals bring together one of the largest communities of health researchers in the world. More than 1,600 principal investigators in 26 academic departments conducted $821 million in research last year. Together, we are leading research innovation to do what can't be done, and improving the health of people and populations around the globe.

COVID-19 Updates for Researchers

Effective Friday October 15^th, research labs can move to 100% capacity without 2m distancing, as long as masks and any other applicable PPE are worn at all times when in the lab.

What's New in Research Funding

University-wide COVID-19 updates

COVID-19 Research specific guidance

Temerty Medicine sharepoint

Guide for New Researchers

2021 Grant Writing Workshop

Nov 24, 2021

Preventing the Next Pandemic: U of T’s EPIC Consortium

The University of Toronto’s Combined Containment Level 3 unit, equipped to safely study pathogens that cause infectious disease, was among the first labs in Canada to enable researchers to work with SaRS-CoV-2 samples. Now, the lab is also the heart of the Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium — a new U of T Institutional Strategic Initiative that will unite top university, hospital and global experts in infectious diseases.

Nov 24, 2021

Temerty Students Support High School Students with Career Education

When Ikran Ali and Zaky Hassan were teenagers in high school, they didn’t know careers doing laboratory medicine and health research were options. But, fast-forward to today. Now, Ali is a fifth-year PhD student in Temerty Faculty of Medicine’s Institute of Medical Science doing orthopaedic research on bone healing and infection, and Hassan is a second year Master’s student in Temerty Medicine’s Department of Biochemistry investigating the structural biology of coronavirus spike proteins.

Nov 24, 2021

Unsung Gene is Key to How Antibodies Develop: U of T Study

Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered that an overlooked gene plays a major role in the development of antibodies, which help the immune system recognize and fight viruses including SARS-CoV-2, bacteria and other causes of infectious disease.