Alice Wilson Award / en Janna Shapiro receives Alice Wilson Award from Royal Society of Canada /celebrates/janna-shapiro-receives-alice-wilson-award-royal-society-canada <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Janna Shapiro receives Alice Wilson Award from 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>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-09-10T14:07:54-04:00" title="Tuesday, September 10, 2024 - 14:07" class="datetime">Tue, 09/10/2024 - 14:07</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/alice-wilson-award" hreflang="en">Alice Wilson Award</a></div> <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/royal-society-canada" hreflang="en">Royal Society of Canada</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/2024-09/Janna-Shapiro-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>Janna Shapiro (supplied image)</em></p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Janna Shapiro</strong>, a post-doctoral fellow in the&nbsp;Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases (CVPD) at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, has received the <a href="https://rsc-src.ca/en/awards-excellence/rsc-awards#Wilson">Alice Wilson Award</a> from the Royal Society of Canada.&nbsp;</p> <p>The annual award recognizes three women who have demonstrated excellence while entering a career in scholarship or research at the postdoctoral level. It is named for&nbsp;<strong>Alice Wilson</strong>, a world-renowned paleontologist and geologist who studied at the University of Toronto and, in 1938, became the first woman elected to the Royal Society of Canada.</p> <p>Shapiro's research explores ways to protect children with leukemia&nbsp;– a disease that requires treatments that suppress the immune system&nbsp;–&nbsp;from vaccine-preventable diseases like measles. She has also researched how vaccines can protect older adults and pregnant women.</p> <p>“I was so surprised and honoured to win this award," Shapiro says.&nbsp;"Trailblazers like <strong>Alice Wilson</strong> have paved the way for researchers like myself to pursue and excel in the sciences. This award feels extra special as a chance to honour her legacy and the role of women in science in Canada."</p> <h3><a href="https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/2024/03/18/measles-vaccines-protect-janna-shapiro-cvpd/">Read about Janna Shapiro's research at CVPD</a></h3> <h3><a href="https://rsc-src.ca/sites/default/files/24_Award%20Winners_EN.pdf">Read about the Royal Society of Canada award winners</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> Tue, 10 Sep 2024 18:07:54 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 309350 at Elaine Cagulada awarded Alice Wilson medal by Royal Society of Canada /celebrates/elaine-cagulada-awarded-alice-wilson-medal-royal-society-canada <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Elaine Cagulada awarded Alice Wilson medal by 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/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="2023-09-12T16:01:18-04:00" title="Tuesday, September 12, 2023 - 16:01" class="datetime">Tue, 09/12/2023 - 16:01</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/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/alice-wilson-award" hreflang="en">Alice Wilson Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/oise" hreflang="en">OISE</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/royal-society-canada" hreflang="en">Royal Society of Canada</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/2023-09/Elaine-Cagulada-crop_0.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&nbsp;Kylie Thompson Creative)</em></p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>University of Toronto alumna <strong>Elaine Cagulada</strong>, who teaches and researches&nbsp;disability studies and its intersectionalities, is among the 2023 recipients of the Alice Wilson medal from <a href="https://rsc-src.ca/en/news/press-release-2023-rsc-award-winners">the Royal Society of Canada</a>.</p> <p>Awarded nationally to three women of outstanding academic qualifications at the postdoctoral level, the Wilson award’s recipients are chosen from the current year’s female winners of postdoctoral fellowships from the three granting councils: the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the&nbsp;Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).</p> <p>Cagulada, who earned her doctorate from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at Թϱ earlier this year, is now a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow in the department of gender studies at Queen's University.</p> <p>“Being awarded the Alice Wilson medal means receiving institutional recognition for my research in the fields of disability studies, Black studies and sociology,” says Cagulada, whose doctoral research explored the intersectionality of Deafness, disability, race and policing.</p> <p>After reading about the medal and the barriers that Wilson faced as a woman in geology, paleontology, and academia, Cagulada says she deeply appreciates receiving the award named for the scholar. &nbsp;</p> <p>“From what I can understand, being granted a Royal Society of Canada medal in Alice Wilson’s name suggests being recognized for pursuing wonder, curiosity and transformative change amid the entwined objectifying forces of ableism, racial capitalism, and colonial hetero-patriarchy&nbsp;– forces of which Wilson seemed aware,” she says.</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, 12 Sep 2023 20:01:18 +0000 lanthierj 302887 at Faculty, alumna recognized with Royal Society of Canada awards /celebrates/faculty-alumna-recognized-royal-society-canada-awards <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Faculty, alumna recognized with Royal Society of Canada 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="2022-09-16T10:44:16-04:00" title="Friday, September 16, 2022 - 10:44" class="datetime">Fri, 09/16/2022 - 10:44</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 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/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/royal-society-canada" hreflang="en">Royal Society of Canada</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/alice-wilson-award" hreflang="en">Alice Wilson Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/willet-g-miller-medal" hreflang="en">Willet G. Miller Medal</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/mclaughlin-medal" hreflang="en">McLaughlin Medal</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-physics" hreflang="en">Department of Physics</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/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</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="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/zhao-dick-strong.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">Yimu Zhao, Kimberly Strong and John Dick</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Two University of Toronto faculty members – atmospheric physicist&nbsp;<b>Kimberly Strong&nbsp;</b>and molecular geneticist&nbsp;<b>John Dick&nbsp;</b>– and Engineering alumna&nbsp;<b>Yimu Zhao</b>&nbsp;have been recognized by the Royal Society of Canada for their outstanding achievements in advancing knowledge.</p> <p>Strong, who is the chair of the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.physics.utoronto.ca/">department of physics</a>&nbsp;and a leading authority in global atmospheric research, &nbsp;received the prestigious 2022&nbsp;<a href="https://rsc-src.ca/en/awards-excellence/rsc-medals-awards#Miller" target="_blank">Willet G. Miller Medal</a>&nbsp;for outstanding research in a branch of the Earth sciences.</p> <p>“As an atmospheric physicist, Kim Strong has established a national and international reputation for research excellence,” said&nbsp;<b>Melanie Woodin</b>, dean of the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science. “Employing an array of experimental techniques to probe the composition of the atmosphere, she is unraveling the chemical and physical processes that are driving atmospheric change. It is my great pleasure to congratulate her on this important and well-deserved honour.”</p> <p>A renowned stem cell biologist, Dick&nbsp;<a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/complete-list-university-professors/">is a University Professor&nbsp;</a>in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and a senior scientist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network. He received the McLaughlin Medal for important research of sustained excellence in medical science. Earlier this year,&nbsp;<a href="/news/john-dick-and-zulfiqar-bhutta-win-canada-gairdner-awards">he received a Gairdner International Award</a>&nbsp;for the discovery of leukemic stem cells and later work on the diagnosis and treatment of acute myeloid leukemia.</p> <p>Zhao, who earned her PhD studying with Professor&nbsp;<b>Milica Radisic&nbsp;</b>of the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering and conducted post-doctoral studies with the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network and Columbia University, received the Alice Wilson Award.</p> <p>Strong said she was delighted to be recognized but emphasized the “highly collaborative” nature of her research.</p> <p>“When I think of all of my graduate students, postdocs and other group members over the years, this award is a reflection of their cumulative accomplishment.”</p> <h3><a href="https://rsc-src.ca/sites/default/files/2022%20Award%20Winner%20List_EN.pdf">Read about the RSC award winners</a></h3> <h3><a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/kimberly-strong-rsc-miller-medal"><span style="background:white">Read the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science story</span></a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">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> Fri, 16 Sep 2022 14:44:16 +0000 lanthierj 176557 at