Congratulations to Dr. Aaron Schimmer, Director of Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Research, for receiving the CSMB 2025 Canadian Science Publishing Senior Investigator Award! 🎉 This award recognizes excellence in research, teaching, mentorship, leadership, and outreach.

Results of the Spring 2025 CIHR Project Grant competition are here, and University Health Network won big! 🎉 31 research teams were awarded over $27M for projects that promise to transform the landscape of #HealthResearch. 🔗: uhnresearch.ca/news/funding-p… Congratulations to all the awardees!

Clinicians often face tough care conversations, yet few have been trained in these skills. New research from TIER at UHN shows that serious illness communication training builds clinician confidence in teaching these skills across care teams. 🔗 Read more: uhnresearch.ca/news/training-…

Congratulations to Dr. Alex Mihailidis KITE Research Institute, who was named a Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre des Palmes académiques! 🏅 This honour recognizes significant contributions to the advancement of education and academia. AMOPA National University Health Network

#TeamUHN showed up at the AACR Special Conference in Cancer Research! 🙌 Check out highlights from the Cancer Digital Intelligence team ⬇️

New research from University Health Network shows that activating a brain receptor called TGR5 reduces food intake and restores leptin sensitivity—revealing a promising new target for treating #obesity. 🔗 Read more: uhnresearch.ca/news/activatin…

With age, multitasking while driving becomes increasingly challenging. New KITE Research Institute research shows how older adults have more difficulty driving while listening to speech—highlighting the need for better strategies to support driving safety. 🔗: uhnresearch.ca/news/driving-c…

Our #STEM Exploration program is underway! Thanks to many fantastic individuals and teams at #TeamUHN, high school students from across the GTA can shadow health care and research in action. Thus far, students have shadowed medicine, research, bioethics, perfusion and nursing. 💡

We're back with our high school #research students to learn more about ongoing work University Health Network. They had a workshop from OR nurses, Krembil Brain Institute lab tours & demos, visited Healthcare Human Factors, and participated in another workshop with TIER at UHN. Thanks to all the volunteers who facilitated this!

On #WorldHepatitisDay, UHN's Dr. Jordan Feld (Jordan Feld) highlighted the work being done at UHN to advance research and care for people living with #hepatitis. ⬇️ 🔗 Read more about how he is helping to eliminate hepatitis C in First Nations peoples: uhnresearch.ca/news/eliminati…

The Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute July #newsletter has been released! Read about our recent events, new stories, features, awards and publications >> mailchi.mp/acbed9d23601/s…

🔬 New study found, in some head and neck cancers, losing one copy of the KEAP1 gene boosts NRF2 protein activity, which helps tumours become resistant to radiotherapy. Led by our Senior Scientist David Kirsch, MD, PhD. Published in Clinical Cancer Research: doi.org/10.1158/1078-0…

Hear from 2025 Gairdner Momentum Award winner Dr. Daniel De Carvalho (Daniel De Carvalho) Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Research on October 23 at MaRS! Learn more about his impactful work in cancer epigenetics and his research journey here ➡️ uhnresearch.ca/news/gairdner-… #GairdnerAwards

🎉Congratulations to our Head of Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, and Clinician Investigator Dr. Natasha Leighl for receiving the ESMO Women for Oncology Award! Princess Margaret Cancer Centre University Health Network UHN Research