Facts and Figures

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