Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award / en Matthaeus Ware receives Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award /celebrates/matthaeus-ware-receives-adel-s-sedra-distinguished-graduate-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Matthaeus Ware receives Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate 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/community" hreflang="en">Community</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="2021-04-16T11:56:10-04:00" title="Friday, April 16, 2021 - 11:56" class="datetime">Fri, 04/16/2021 - 11:56</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> <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/awards-excellence" hreflang="en">Awards of Excellence</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/alumni-association" hreflang="en">Alumni Association</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/school-graduate-studies" hreflang="en">School of Graduate Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/adel-s-sedra-distinguished-graduate-award" hreflang="en">Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award</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/preferred%20if%20uncropped%20thumbnail_MatthaeusWare1-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Matthaeus Ware"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(Photo by Connie Li)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>For his outstanding leadership and commitment to academic excellence, <a href="https://alumni.utoronto.ca/awards-excellence-recipients-2021#sedra"><b>Matthaeus Ware</b></a> has received the <b>Adel S. Sedra</b> Distinguished Graduate Award.</p> <p>The honour is one of&nbsp;<a href="https://alumni.utoronto.ca/news-and-stories/news-and-articles/celebrating-winners-2021-utaa-awards-excellence">the Awards of Excellence presented by the University of Toronto Alumni Association</a>&nbsp;in collaboration with the university. The prestigious program dates back to 1921 and recognizes outstanding faculty, staff and students.</p> <p>Ware, an MD/PhD student in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and School of Graduate Studies, is pursuing doctoral work in brain cancer biology and leading an independent research project in the emerging field of cancer neuroscience. The outgoing co-editor-in-chief of <i>Toronto Notes</i>, the internationally acclaimed medical textbook organization, Ware also co-directs the Adventures in Science program, in which graduate and medical students mentor high school students. He plays the violin, sings and co-directs the Noteworthy Music Program, which brings U&nbsp;of&nbsp;T volunteers with musical talents into hospitals.</p> <p>Ware aspires to be a leader in the field of academic paediatric oncology. In honouring Ware, <a href="https://alumni.utoronto.ca/awards-excellence-recipients-2021#sedra">the alumni association notes</a> that his mentors describe him as a rising star in biomedical research who possesses a rare combination of insight, creativity and compassion.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Alumni Association</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 Apr 2021 15:56:10 +0000 lanthierj 169114 at