Jan 19, 2017

Appointments & Awards: Feb. 2017

Education, Research, Faculty, Rheumatology, Hematology, General Internal Medicine, Division of Dermatology
Awards

Appointments

Department Division Director, Dermatology

Vincent Piguet, effective July 1, 2017

Vincent Piguet is a world renowned scientist with a broad research agenda who possesses a rich basket of leadership skills and experience. His recruitment will stimulate a vibrant and thriving dermatology research enterprise at the University of Toronto and increased interest and engagement of faculty and trainees in scholarship.[Piguet] It is with great pleasure that I announce the appointment of Dr. Vincent Piguet as the new Department Division Director of Dermatology effective July 1, 2017. Dr. Piguet is a world renowned scientist with a broad research agenda who possesses a rich basket of leadership skills and experience. His recruitment will stimulate a vibrant and thriving dermatology research enterprise at the University of Toronto and increased interest and engagement of faculty and trainees in scholarship.

Co-Faculty Leads for Person Centred Care in Education Initiatives for the Department of Medicine

Aylet Kuper and Lisa Richardson, effective February 1, 2017

Examination Board for Rheumatology at the Royal College

Dharini Mahendira, appointed to the Examination Board for Rheumatology at the Royal College

Awards

CRA Young Investigator Award

Vinod Chandran, rheumatology

Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine

Leonardo Brandao, Alexandra Yeo Chair Grant in Benign Hematology
Research Project Title: “Prediction Model for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Thrombosis”

Kevin Kuo, Alexandra Yeo Chair Grant in Benign Hematology
Research Project Title: “A Cross-Sectional Comparison of the Prevalence of Cerebral White Matter Hyperintensities in Adults with and without Sickle Cell Disease”

University of Alberta

Talia Zenlea, Future Leaders in IBD