Health

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Galina Gheihman, a second-year Victoria College student, has been named a winner in the Health Council of Canada’s annual Health Innovation Challenge.

The competition asks college and university students to identify an example of an innovative policy and practice in Canadian health care and describe how it could be applied to the rest of the country.

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Brain bucket, skid lid, crash cup, whatever you call your bicycle helmet, the 276 student volunteers of the University of Toronto’s Brain Day Association want all cyclists to wear one.  

In fact, they are so concerned about brain injury prevention, they will be spending the better part of March and the first week of April giving Brain Day presentations to junior elementary students in the Toronto District School Board and the Toronto Catholic District School Board.

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Since James Till and Ernest McCulloch first made their stem cell discovery 50 years ago, Toronto has steadily become a world renowned centre for stem cell research. The Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM), hosted by the University of Toronto, was founded to advance this ongoing tradition.

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Five U of T researchers and students have been awarded prizes from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) in recognition of their scholarly achievements.

The marquee award, the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, went to a U of T physicist, University Professor Dick Peltier, a pioneer in Earth system science. Watch a video of him talking about his research.

Dr. Leslie Levin (Dept. of Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital) is the recipient of the CHSRF's Excellence through Evidence Award recognizing a health services leader who has successfully implemented evidence-informed innovations in care and service delivery. Professor Levin is the Head of Health Quality Ontario's Medical Advisory Secretariat, and has been a leader in academia, government, and healthcare administration.