Faculty of Dentistry

Professor Paul Santerre, director of the Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical
Engineering, is the recipient of the Julia Levey Award of the Canadian section of the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI), given in recognition of successful commercialization of innovation in Canada in the field of biomedical science and engineering. Santerre's knowledge of the body's inflammatory systems allowed him to program surface biocompatibility into raw plastic resins, well before medical device production, leading to the creation of U of T's spinoff company, Interface Biologics Inc., which he co-founded in 2001. Santerre will receive the award March 25 during SCI Canada's annual awards ceremony
in Toronto.