UTM researcher wins Medicine by Design 2018 Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award
Five emerging researchers are pushing the frontiers of regenerative medicine in diseases ranging from Duchenne muscular dystrophy to heart failure thanks to 2018 Post-Doctoral Fellowship Awards from Medicine by Design.
The awards support high-calibre post-doctoral fellows at the University of Toronto (U of T) and its affiliated hospitals who have outstanding potential to become independent researchers in regenerative medicine. Each award is valued at as much as $50,000 per year for three years. This year’s award recipients work in laboratories at U of T Mississauga, the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and three faculties at U of T’s downtown campus, demonstrating the diversity of research excellence in regenerative medicine in Toronto.
The award program is part of the mandate of U of T’s Medicine by Design initiative to accelerate regenerative medicine breakthroughs and translate them into new treatments for common diseases. Medicine by Design is made possible thanks in part to a $114-million grant — the largest single research award in U of T’s history — from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund.