Department of Psychology / en Sheena Josselyn recognized by American Association for the Advancement of Science /celebrates/sheena-josselyn-recognized-american-association-advancement-science <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Sheena Josselyn recognized by American Association for the Advancement of Science</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>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-08-08T09:53:28-04:00" title="Thursday, August 8, 2024 - 09:53" class="datetime">Thu, 08/08/2024 - 09:53</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/aaas-fellows" hreflang="en">AAAS Fellows</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-physiology" hreflang="en">Department of Physiology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-psychology" hreflang="en">Department of Psychology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</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/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/2024-08/Sheena-Josselyn-300-1-crop.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"><p><em>(photo courtesy of The Hospital for Sick Children)</em></p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://discover.research.utoronto.ca/8181-sheena-josselyn"><strong>Sheena Josselyn</strong></a>, a senior scientist at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and a professor in the department of psychology in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science and the department of physiology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, has been elected a <a href="https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-welcomes-502-scientists-and-engineers-who-join-ranks-fellows?utm_label=AAASFellows&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_source=social&amp;utm_campaign=AAAS">2023 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow</a>.</p> <p>The AAAS is one of the world’s largest scientific societies and publisher of the <em>Science</em> family of journals. Its fellowships, launched in 1874, represent a distinguished lifetime honour within the scientific community.</p> <p>Josselyn, who holds a Canada Research Chair in Brain Mechanisms Underlying Memory, was recognized for her contributions to the field of neuroscience, particularly for establishing the existence of engrams – physical or chemical changes in the brain that correspond to memories.</p> <p>Understanding how engrams are formed and connected in the brain may lead to effective therapies that target conditions disrupting memories, such as Alzheimer’s disease.</p> <p>The 2023 AAAS Fellows were announced in April 2024.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-welcomes-502-scientists-and-engineers-who-join-ranks-fellows?utm_label=AAASFellows&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_source=social&amp;utm_campaign=AAAS">Read the AAAS announcement</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, 08 Aug 2024 13:53:28 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 308903 at Four PhD candidates awarded Sex & Gender Differences Competitive Fellowships /celebrates/four-phd-candidates-awarded-sex-gender-differences-competitive-fellowships <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Four PhD candidates awarded Sex &amp; Gender Differences Competitive Fellowships </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/academic-achievement" hreflang="en">Academic Achievement</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-01-15T18:02:40-05:00" title="Monday, January 15, 2024 - 18:02" class="datetime">Mon, 01/15/2024 - 18:02</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/students" hreflang="en">Students</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 class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/scarborough" hreflang="en">Scarborough</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/department-psychology" hreflang="en">Department of Psychology</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/2024-01/gender-differences-group.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"><p><em>Clockwise from top left: Orly Lipsitz, Quinn Pauli, Eman Nishat and Liv Ansley-Engel (supplied images)</em></p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The role of sex and gender factors in contributing to long-lasting post-concussion symptoms in young people. The neuronal circuits that govern emotional behaviour. Interventions for people living with psychiatric disorders who experience cognitive difficulties. Sex and gender considerations for treating memory-related disorders.</p> <p>These are the research areas being explored by <strong>Eman Nishat</strong>, <strong>Liv Ansley-Engel</strong>, <strong>Orly Lipsitz</strong> and <strong>Quinn Pauli</strong>, PhD candidates and recipients of <a href="https://neuroscience.utoronto.ca/sex-gender-differences-competitive-fellowship-0">Sex &amp; Gender Differences Competitive Fellowships</a> awarded by the Wilfred and Joyce Posluns Chair in Women’s Brain Health and Aging.</p> <p>Valued at $5,000, the fellowships are<span style="font-size: 1rem;">&nbsp;offered to University of Toronto graduate students enrolled in the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience (CPIN) or graduate programs in psychology, including those offered by the department of psychology in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science, the department of psychology at Թϱ Scarborough and the graduate department of psychological clinical science at Թϱ Scarborough. The fellowships</span>&nbsp;aim to empower students to incorporate sex- and/or gender-based considerations and analysis into their research.&nbsp;</p> <p>The fellowship&nbsp;program is co-sponsored and funded by CPIN, the department of psychology in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science and the Wilfred and Joyce Posluns Chair in Women’s Brain Health and Aging, which is held by <strong>Gillian Einstein</strong>, a professor in the department of psychology in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science who is cross-appointed to the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.</p> <p>Recipients&nbsp;are expected to provide an end-of-year synopsis of their research findings and participate in a graduate student-led conference on sex, gender and brain health.</p> <h3><a href="https://neuroscience.utoronto.ca/sex-gender-differences-competitive-fellowship-0">Read more about the Sex &amp; Gender Differences Competitive Fellowship awardees</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> Mon, 15 Jan 2024 23:02:40 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 305286 at 13 Թϱ faculty members named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada /celebrates/13-u-t-faculty-members-named-fellows-royal-society-canada <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">13 Թϱ faculty members named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada</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="2023-09-05T15:43:09-04:00" title="Tuesday, September 5, 2023 - 15:43" class="datetime">Tue, 09/05/2023 - 15:43</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/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/scarborough" hreflang="en">Scarborough</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/department-biochemistry" hreflang="en">Department of Biochemistry</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-medicine" hreflang="en">Department of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-philosophy" hreflang="en">Department of Philosophy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-psychology" hreflang="en">Department of Psychology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6877" hreflang="en">Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/hospital-sick-children" hreflang="en">Hospital for Sick Children</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/uhn" hreflang="en">UHN</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Thirteen faculty members from across the University of Toronto have been appointed Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada – a prestigious distinction given to the country’s most distinguished scholars, artists and scientists.</p> <p>“The University of Toronto congratulates these extraordinary researchers on this important recognition of their dedication, leadership and impact,” says <strong>Leah Cowen</strong>, Թϱ’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives.&nbsp; “Across a diverse array of disciplines, they are addressing some of the world’s most pressing challenges – and their contributions to their respective fields continue to break new ground.”</p> <p>The new Fellows are:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li><strong>Ryan Balot</strong> of the department of political science in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> <li><strong>Paul Bloom</strong> of the department of psychology in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> <li><a href="https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/professors-alberto-leon-garcia-and-tom-chau-named-fellows-of-the-royal-society-of-canada/"><strong>Tom Chau</strong> of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital and the Institute of Biomedical Engineering</a> in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</li> <li><strong>Robert Gerlai</strong> of the department of psychology at Թϱ Mississauga&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li><a href="https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/professors-alberto-leon-garcia-and-tom-chau-named-fellows-of-the-royal-society-of-canada/"><strong>Alberto Leon-Garcia</strong> of the Edward S. Rogers Sr. department of electrical and computer engineering</a> in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li><strong>Jason Moffat</strong> of the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the department of molecular genetics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Amit Oza </strong>of the University Health Network (UHN) and the department of medicine in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Daniela Rotin</strong> of SickKids and the department of biochemistry in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Aaron Schimmer</strong> of UHN and the department of medical biophysics in in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><a href="https://utsc.utoronto.ca/news-events/daily-update/philosophy-prof-appointed-fellow-royal-society-canada"><strong>William Seager</strong> of the department of philosophy</a> at Թϱ Scarborough&nbsp;</li> <li><strong>Valerie Tarasuk</strong> of the department of nutritional sciences in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>R. Paul Thompson</strong> of the Institute for the History &amp; Philosophy of Science and Technology in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science&nbsp;</li> <li><strong>Daniel Trefler</strong> of the Rotman School of Management&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>They join more than 350 Fellows of the Royal Society affiliated with Թϱ.</p> <h4><a href="https://rsc-src.ca/en/news/press-release-rsc-presents-class-2023">Read more about the Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada</a></h4> </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> <div class="field field--name-field-add-new-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add new tags</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/holland-bloorview-kids-rehabilitation-hospital" hreflang="en">Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-nutritional-sciences" hreflang="en">Department of Nutritional Sciences</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6872" hreflang="en">Institute for the History &amp; Philosophy of Science &amp; Technology</a></div> </div> </div> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 19:43:09 +0000 lanthierj 302870 at Six Թϱ faculty members named to Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists /celebrates/six-u-t-faculty-members-named-royal-society-canada-s-college-new-scholars-artists-and <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Six Թϱ faculty members named to Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists</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="2023-09-05T15:16:47-04:00" title="Tuesday, September 5, 2023 - 15:16" class="datetime">Tue, 09/05/2023 - 15:16</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/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> <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/david-dunlap-department-astronomy-astrophysics" hreflang="en">David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy &amp; Astrophysics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-family-and-community-medicine" hreflang="en">Department of Family and Community Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-physics" hreflang="en">Department of Physics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-political-science" hreflang="en">Department of Political Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-psychology" hreflang="en">Department of Psychology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6877" hreflang="en">Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/royal-society-canada" hreflang="en">Royal Society of Canada</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Six faculty members at the University of Toronto – renowned for their pathbreaking leadership in a wide range of disciplines – have been appointed to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.</p> <p>“From scientific advances in astrophysics, atmospheric physics and social psychology to timely leadership in climate governance, computer security and privacy, and sexually transmitted infection prevention, these scholars and scientists are making an impact on issues that affect the lives of people across Canada and around the world,” says <strong>Leah Cowen</strong>, Թϱ’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives.</p> <p>“The University of Toronto congratulates them on this significant recognition.”&nbsp;</p> <p>The new college members are:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li><strong>Jo Bovy</strong> of the David A. Dunlap department of astronomy and astrophysics in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science&nbsp;</li> <li><strong>Ann Burchel</strong>l of Unity Health and the department of family and community medicine in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Jessica Green</strong> of the department of political science in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> <li><a href="https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/professor-nicolas-papernot-elected-to-the-royal-society-of-canadas-college-of-new-scholars-artists-and-scientists/"><strong>Nicolas Papernot</strong> of the Edward S. Rogers Sr. department of electrical and computer engineering</a> in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li><strong>Nicholas Rule</strong> of the department of psychology in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science; vice-principal academic and dean, Թϱ Mississauga</li> <li><strong>Debra Wunch</strong> of the department of physics in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> </ul> <p>Each faculty member receives a seven-year membership in the college, which&nbsp;recognizes and supports academic leadership and collaboration among those who have received their PhDs within the last 15 years.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> </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, 05 Sep 2023 19:16:47 +0000 lanthierj 302869 at Alexander Barnett, Brice Batomen Kuimi and Mireille Norris awarded Black Research Network Faculty Fellowships /celebrates/alexander-barnett-brice-batomen-kuimi-and-mireille-norris-awarded-black-research-network <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Alexander Barnett, Brice Batomen Kuimi and Mireille Norris awarded Black Research Network Faculty Fellowships</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="2023-07-19T09:54:17-04:00" title="Wednesday, July 19, 2023 - 09:54" class="datetime">Wed, 07/19/2023 - 09:54</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/dalla-lana-school-public-health" hreflang="en">Dalla Lana School of Public Health</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-psychology" hreflang="en">Department of Psychology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</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/2023-07/BRN-fellows-crop.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"><p>(L-R)&nbsp;Alexander Barnett, Brice Batomen Kuimi and Mireille Norris (supplied images)</p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://brn.utoronto.ca/opportunity/connaught-challenge/">The Black Research Network</a> (BRN) has named <a href="https://www.psych.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/alexander-barnett"><strong>Alexander Barnett</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/faculty-profile/batomen-brice/"><strong>Brice Batomen Kuimi</strong></a>&nbsp;and <a href="https://media.utoronto.ca/bluebook/mireille-norris/"><strong>Mireille Norris</strong></a> the inaugural cohort of BRN Faculty Fellows.</p> <p>The yearlong fellowships award $10,000 apiece to faculty to support research in any academic discipline or multidisciplinary area and mobilize knowledge across the BRN network, the University of Toronto and the world.</p> <p>Each of the recipients was honoured for contributions to their respective fields and work to support up-and-coming researchers. &nbsp;</p> <p>Barnett, an assistant professor in the department of psychology in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science, was recognized for his research exploring how the brain retains memories and research training program for undergraduate students.</p> <p>Batomen, an assistant professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, will receive support for his research on sports injuries, trauma care and injury prevention related to road safety. He also leads a program providing mentorship to Black postdoctoral students in public health.</p> <p>Rounding out the cohort is Norris, an assistant professor at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and a geriatrician at Sunnybrook Hospital, whose research is focused on senior care and social justice in medical education. She is also the inaugural faculty lead for Black and Indigenous learners in the department of medicine.</p> <h3><a href="https://brn.utoronto.ca/announcing-the-inaugural-brn-faculty-fellows/">Read the Black Research Network announcement</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> <div class="field field--name-field-add-new-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add new tags</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/black-research-network" hreflang="en">Black Research Network</a></div> </div> </div> Wed, 19 Jul 2023 13:54:17 +0000 lanthierj 302285 at Tina Malti awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship /celebrates/tina-malti-awarded-alexander-von-humboldt-professorship <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Tina Malti awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship</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 class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/academic-achievement" hreflang="en">Academic Achievement</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="2022-12-16T11:42:30-05:00" title="Friday, December 16, 2022 - 11:42" class="datetime">Fri, 12/16/2022 - 11:42</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/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</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="/taxonomy/term/6866" hreflang="en">Alexander von Humboldt Professorship</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-psychology" hreflang="en">Department of Psychology</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">portrait</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Malti-headshot-2022-crop.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Tina Malti"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>University of Toronto Mississauga psychology professor <strong>Tina Malti</strong> has been awarded <a href="https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/explore/newsroom/dossier-alexander-von-humboldt-professorship/tina-malti">the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship </a>for 2023 to 2027 at Leipzig University.</p> <p>The €5 million research award will allow Malti to develop and lead a multidisciplinary research team to uncover the roots of child empathy and positive development.</p> <p>Malti has been at Թϱ Mississauga since 2017. She is the director of the <a href="http://www.tinamalti.com/">Laboratory for Social-Emotional Development and Intervention</a>, and the founding director of the <a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/ccdmp/">Centre for Child Development, Mental Health, and Policy</a>. Her previous research has focused on the psychological effects of war and violence on children and the social-emotional development and mental health of children.</p> <p>With her new research funding, Malti wants to identify the root causes of empathy in children, as well as methods to encourage healthy and positive development in children.</p> <p>“The potential for empathy with others is infinite, even in young children, and we are able to overcome trauma even very severe trauma,” Malti says. “We can become even stronger and even more caring as a result, which sounds paradoxical. But that is very much what also our data shows.”</p> <p>Malti hopes to work collaboratively between Թϱ Mississauga and Leipzig to develop research-based knowledge to share with institutions, organizations, and the general public.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/main-news/utm-psychology-professor-wants-uncover-roots-child-empathy">Read the Թϱ Mississauga story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTM</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> Fri, 16 Dec 2022 16:42:30 +0000 lanthierj 178581 at Five Faculty of Arts & Science professors recognized with Dean's Research Excellence Awards /celebrates/five-faculty-arts-science-professors-recognized-dean-s-research-excellence-awards <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Five Faculty of Arts &amp; Science professors recognized with Dean's Research Excellence 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="2022-12-12T17:25:43-05:00" title="Monday, December 12, 2022 - 17:25" class="datetime">Mon, 12/12/2022 - 17:25</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-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-psychology" hreflang="en">Department of Psychology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-ecology-evolutionary-biology" hreflang="en">Department of Ecology &amp; Evolutionary Biology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-political-science" hreflang="en">Department of Political Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/munk-school-global-affairs-public-policy" hreflang="en">Munk School of Global Affairs &amp; Public Policy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6856" hreflang="en">Department of Linguistics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-physics" hreflang="en">Department of Physics</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/deans-research-excellence-awards-2022.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">The five recipients of this year’s Dean’s Research Excellence Award (L-R): Megan Frederickson, Kaley Walker, Naomi Nagy, Randall Hansen and Wil Cunningham</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><b>Wil Cunningham</b>, <b>Megan Frederickson</b>, <b>Randall Hansen</b>, <b>Naomi Nagy</b> and <b>Kaley Walker</b> are the first recipients of a new award from the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science created to recognize faculty members whose research achievements have been cited as especially noteworthy.</p> <p>The Dean’s Research Excellence Award was established with the aim of helping accomplished mid-career researchers compete successfully in national awards competitions. Winners have contributed a wealth of research that has had a significant and sustained influence in their chosen disciplines.</p> <p>The winners represent a wide range of fields: Cunningham is a professor in the department of psychology, Frederickson is a professor in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology, Hansen is a professor in the department of political science, Nagy is a professor in the department of linguistics and Walker is a professor in the department of physics.</p> <p>“It is with enormous pride that I announce the inaugural winners of the Dean’s Research Excellence Awards,” says <b>Melanie Woodin</b>, dean of the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science. “The scholars we honour this year are widely recognized as having made an important and ongoing impact on research in their respective fields. As the very first recipients of these annual awards, they set a shining example for those who will follow them.”</p> <p>The five honourees will each receive $10,000 to further their professional development.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/celebrating-first-ever-winners-drea">See the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science </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, 12 Dec 2022 22:25:43 +0000 lanthierj 178385 at Mishika Mehrotra awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship /celebrates/mishika-mehrotra-awarded-gates-cambridge-scholarship <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Mishika Mehrotra awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship</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/academic-achievement" hreflang="en">Academic Achievement</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="2021-05-19T16:39:47-04:00" title="Wednesday, May 19, 2021 - 16:39" class="datetime">Wed, 05/19/2021 - 16:39</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/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</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/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</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/department-psychology" hreflang="en">Department of Psychology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/gates-cambridge-scholarship" hreflang="en">Gates Cambridge Scholarship</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/u-t-mississauga" hreflang="en">Թϱ Mississauga</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/2023-04/Mishika.jpeg" width="750" height="500" alt="Mishika Mehrotra"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Mishika Mehrotra </strong>has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. The University of Toronto Mississauga alumna is one of 74 scholars from 30 countries to receive the prestigious scholarship this year.</p> <p>Mehrotra, who graduated in 2019, will pursue a PhD in psychology at the University of Cambridge.</p> <p>“I will study how parent–child conversations relate to young children’s self-regulation, which is an important predictor of their school success, social competence and health,” Mehrotra says. “As part of the Gates Cambridge community, I hope that my research can inform low-cost interventions that equip caregivers with the tools to promote children’s self-regulation.</p> <p>“I also want to focus on knowledge translation to make research findings more accessible to caregivers, and encourage them to promote children’s wellbeing through evidence-based approaches.”</p> <p>While at Թϱ Mississauga, Mehrotra worked as a research assistant at <a href="http://www.tinamalti.com/">Professor <strong>Tina Malti</strong>’s lab</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>“I examined why some children feel guilty after violating social norms but others feel happy. The findings of my final-year thesis prompted me think about the role that caregivers can play in promoting children’s development.”</p> <p>The top graduating student in science at Թϱ Mississauga in 2019, Mehrotra says she is grateful to Malti and Professor Emeritus <strong>Glenn Schellenberg</strong> for their supervision and guidance and&nbsp;<strong>Sebastian Dys</strong> for his mentorship.&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/main-news/utm-grad-awarded-gates-cambridge-scholarship-examine-role-caregivers-child-development">Read the Թϱ Mississauga story</a></h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> </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> Wed, 19 May 2021 20:39:47 +0000 lanthierj 301443 at Suzanne Wood receives Early Career Teaching Award /celebrates/suzanne-wood-receives-early-career-teaching-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"> Suzanne Wood receives Early Career Teaching Award</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/teaching" hreflang="en">Teaching</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="2020-06-18T10:28:24-04:00" title="Thursday, June 18, 2020 - 10:28" class="datetime">Thu, 06/18/2020 - 10:28</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/early-career-teaching-award" hreflang="en">Early Career Teaching Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-psychology" hreflang="en">Department of Psychology</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/suzanne-wood.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>For empowering and engaging with student researchers in her work,&nbsp;<strong>Suzanne Wood</strong>, an assistant professor of psychology in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science, has been recognized with <a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-of-toronto-early-career-teaching-award/">the Early Career Teaching Award</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>“My approach to teaching is to focus first on which skills you want to develop, and the decisions about content and activities will fall into place after you’ve laid out those goals,” says Wood, who&nbsp;encourages students to take leadership roles in projects.&nbsp;</p> <p>Wood researches student learning and health from a neuroscientific and psychopharmacological perspective, such as in the use of study drugs and psychedelics as cognitive enhancers.&nbsp;</p> <p>In the classroom, she uses a variety of methods to hone&nbsp;students’ critical thinking skills. She has her students debate each other, critique&nbsp;original scientific literature and compare&nbsp;popular writing about a scientific topic with a peer-reviewed research article.</p> <p>Wood regularly reflects upon and assesses her pedagogical techniques&nbsp;– in her first year of appointment, she initiated a departmental teaching community&nbsp;to share experiences and best practices with fellow educators.&nbsp;</p> <p>“Receiving this award encourages me to keep challenging my students and myself to think in new ways.”</p> <h3><a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/four-faculty-celebrated-their-excellence-teaching#suzannewood">See the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science 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, 18 Jun 2020 14:28:24 +0000 lanthierj 164972 at