Princess Margaret Cancer Centre / en John Dick, Zulfiqar Bhutta receive 2022 Canada Gairdner Awards /celebrates/john-dick-zulfiqar-bhutta-receive-2022-canada-gairdner-awards <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">John Dick, Zulfiqar Bhutta receive 2022 Canada Gairdner Awards</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2022-05-03T16:00:45-04:00" title="Tuesday, May 3, 2022 - 16:00" class="datetime">Tue, 05/03/2022 - 16:00</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/gairdner-international-award" hreflang="en">Gairdner International Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/john-dirks-canada-gairdner-global-health-award" hreflang="en">John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/university-health-network" hreflang="en">University Health Network</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/dalla-lana-school-public-health" hreflang="en">Dalla Lana School of Public Health</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/princess-margaret-cancer-centre" hreflang="en">Princess Margaret Cancer Centre</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/hospital-sick-children-0" hreflang="en">The Hospital for Sick Children</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/john-dick_zulfiqar-bhutta.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">John Dick (L) and Zulfiqar Bhutta (photos by Delmar and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, UHN)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>John Dick</strong> and <strong>Zulfiqar Bhutta</strong> – both researchers at the University of Toronto and its hospital partners – have been honoured with 2022 Canada Gairdner Awards, the country’s most prestigious awards for medical and health science.</p> <p>A professor of molecular genetics at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and a senior scientist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Dick was recognized with a Gairdner International Award for the discovery of leukemic stem cells and later work on the diagnosis and treatment of acute myeloid leukemia.</p> <p>Bhutta, a professor in the departments of nutritional sciences and pediatrics at Temerty Medicine and at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and the director of the Centre for Global Child Health and a senior scientist at The Hospital for Sick Children, was recognized with the John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award for his research on community-based and policy interventions in child and maternal health, especially among vulnerable populations.</p> <p>Established in 1957, the Gairdner Foundation has given 402 awards to scientists around the world. About a quarter of those researchers later received Nobel Prizes. The foundation gives seven awards annually. Each recipient receives $100,000 and participates in public lectures, research symposia and other outreach events. The foundation is supported by the Government of Canada.</p> <h3><a href="/news/john-dick-and-zulfiqar-bhutta-win-canada-gairdner-awards">Read the οNews story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 03 May 2022 20:00:45 +0000 lanthierj 174463 at John Dick elected to National Academy of Medicine /celebrates/john-dick-elected-national-academy-medicine <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">John Dick elected to National Academy of Medicine</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2020-10-19T11:30:50-04:00" title="Monday, October 19, 2020 - 11:30" class="datetime">Mon, 10/19/2020 - 11:30</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/princess-margaret-cancer-centre" hreflang="en">Princess Margaret Cancer Centre</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-molecular-genetics" hreflang="en">Department of Molecular Genetics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/imagesbydelmar.com-126.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="John Dick"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(photo by imagesbydelmar)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Dr. <strong>John Dic</strong>k, a professor in the department of molecular genetics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and <a href="https://www.uhnresearch.ca/news/dr-dick-receives-new-honour">senior scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre</a>, has been <a href="https://nam.edu/national-academy-of-medicine-elects-100-new-members-2020/">elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine </a>(NAM).</p> <p>The NAM is one of three academies that comprise the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the United States. Each year, the NAM elects up to 100 members, including 10 international members, recognized for their achievements in health and medicine.</p> <p>A Canada Research Chair in Stem Cell Biology,&nbsp;Dick is globally recognized for his discovery of leukemia stem cells, made possible by an assay he developed. The assay involves transplanting cells from human adult bone marrow, normal or cancerous, into an experimental model to gauge cancer initiation. Using this approach, he revealed that only a­­ small subset of these cells was&nbsp;capable of initiating leukemia and was&nbsp;the main cause of disease relapse. These contributions have helped shape&nbsp;the understanding of cancer and reveal&nbsp;new strategies&nbsp;for curing the disease.</p> <p>“The University of Toronto congratulates Professor John Dick on this richly deserved recognition,” said <a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor</a> <strong>Ted Sargent</strong>, vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives. “He has revolutionized our understanding of leukemia.”</p> <h3><a href="/news/how-u-t-researchers-are-working-make-blood-stem-cell-transplants-available-more-patients">Read more about Professor Dick</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UHN</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 19 Oct 2020 15:30:50 +0000 lanthierj 166005 at Tak Mak wins the Gold Leaf Prize for Discovery /celebrates/tak-mak-wins-gold-leaf-prize-discovery <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Tak Mak wins the Gold Leaf Prize for Discovery</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>perry.king</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2019-05-23T16:52:37-04:00" title="Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 16:52" class="datetime">Thu, 05/23/2019 - 16:52</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/princess-margaret-cancer-centre" hreflang="en">Princess Margaret Cancer Centre</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/medical-biophysics" hreflang="en">Medical Biophysics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/immunology" hreflang="en">Immunology</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Tak-Mak_courtesy-of-PMCC-weblead.jpg" width="1140" height="760" alt="Portrait of Tak Mak"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(photo courtesy of University Health Network)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor</a> <strong>Tak Mak</strong>, from the departments of medical biophysics and immunology at the Faculty of Medicine, has been named the 2018 recipient of the Gold Leaf Prize for Discovery.</p> <p>The $100,000 prize, from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, recognizes groundbreaking health research and will support new research.</p> <p>Mak, a senior scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, is renowned for a career that has spanned biochemistry, virology, genetics, cancer metabolism and clinical therapy.</p> <p>Earlier this year, his group used genetics to show that the nervous system and immune system communicate through a molecule called acetylcholine. The discovery confirmed a long-suspected, but poorly understood, link between the two systems, opening several new avenues of research.</p> <h3><a href="/news/discover-everything-there-u-t-s-tak-mak-awarded-prestigious-gold-leaf-prize-pioneering-research">Read the <em>οNews </em>story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Thu, 23 May 2019 20:52:37 +0000 perry.king 160107 at