Facts and Figures
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Our Research Community...
Publications
- 150-170 publications per year
- >5200 career publications
Funding
- ~$3-5 million of total research funding per year
- ~$2 million of CIHR funding per year
External Awards
- Premier’s Research Excellence Award (PREA)/Early Researcher Award (ERA)
- Canada Research Chair
- American Heart Association Award
- NCIC/CCS Research Scientist Award
- NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement
- NCIC/CCS Harold E. Johns Award
- Boehringer Ingelheim Young Investigator Award
- Royal Society of Canada Fellow
- Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellow
- International Association for Dental Research Salivary Researcher of the Year
- Peter Lougheed/CIHR New Investigator Award
- CIHR/CMAJ Top Canadian Achievements in Health Research Award
- Government of Ontario Distinguished Researcher Award
- Canadian Diabetes Association Young Scientist Award
- IMHA Quality of Life Award in Oral Health
- International Association for Dental Research Distinguished Scientist Award for Basic Research in Biological Mineralization
- Genetics Society of Canada William F. Grant and Peter B. Moens Award of Excellence
- Merck-Frosst Award in Bioanalytical Chemistry
- Canadian National Committee IUPAC Award
- Chemical Institute of Canada Fellowship
- Fred Beamish Award of the Canadian Society for Chemistry
- CLC Senior Scientist Award for Excellence in Lipid and Lipoprotein Research in Canada
- Jean Davignon Distinguished Cardiovascular Metabolic Research Award, Pfizer Canada
- Partners in Research Biomedical Science Ambassador Award
- Ontario Society of Clinical Chemists Lifetime Achievement Award
- Paediatric Chairs of Canada Paediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Investigator Award
- Ken Standing Award
- Fred P. Lossing Award
- Donald B. Zilversmit Memorial Lecture and Award for Outstanding Research (5th Int. Symposium on Chylomicrons in Disease)
- Mandarin Profile Grant Award
- Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) Ricardo Aroca Award
- American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Society Charles S. Neer Clinical Science Award
- CNPN-Tony Pawson Proteomics Award
- Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ontario Society of Clinical Chemists (OSCC)
- Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) Dr. Harold N. Segall Award of Merit
- American College of Physicians (ACP) Ontario Chapter Laureate Award for Research Excellence
- Fellow with the Pierre Fauchard Academy
- Service Award from the Midwest Lipid Association Chapter
- George Lyman Duff Memorial Lecturer by the American Heart Association
- American Heart Association - ATVB Mentor of Women Award (ATVB=Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology)
- Order of Ontario
- Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
- CIHR Distinguished Lecturer/CSATVB Scientific Excellence Award in Blood and Blood Vessel Sciences
Awards from Western and Associated Institutes
- Dean’s Award of Excellence
- Faculty Scholar Award
- WORLDiscoveries Vanguard Award
- Lawson’s Dr. Joseph Gilbert Contribution of the Year Award
- William H. Magee Award
- Florence Bucke Prize in the Faculty of Science
- Distinguished University Professorship
- Dept. of Medicine Research Award of Excellence
- Scientist of the Year Award (CHRI)
- Alumni of Distinction Award for Excellence in Basic Science Research
- Alumni Award for Professional Achievement
- Distinguished Research Professorship (Faculty of Science)
- Hellmuth Prize
- Stiller Centre Prize
- Division of Experimental Oncology Award of Excellence in Research and Teaching
- Schulich W.W. Wood Award (outstanding contribution to undergrad dental program)
- Schulich Excellence in Education Leader Award for Undergraduate Education
Undergraduate Students
- 10 Honors degrees offered
- 40-50 Biochemistry Honors BSc students graduate each year
- ~2400 students in 20 undergraduate Biochemistry courses:
- Year 2 students: ~1500
- Year 3 students: ~600
- Year 4 students: ~300
Graduate Students
- 70-80 MSc and PhD students enrolled
- 15-20 students graduate each year
Departmental Facilities
- 6 open-access facilities in Biochemistry merged to form the BioCore
- $28 million total investment from infrastructure funding
- $1.8 million total investment from institutional funding
- $1.5 million total maintenance funding