/ en /celebrates/president-s-impact-award-recognizes-five-leading-researchers <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">President's Impact Award recognizes five leading researchers</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/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="2020-02-21T08:15:51-05:00" title="Friday, February 21, 2020 - 08:15" class="datetime">Fri, 02/21/2020 - 08:15</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/president-s-impact-award-0" hreflang="en">President’s Impact Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Faculty of Medicine</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/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/ibbme" hreflang="en">IBBME</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/factor-inwentash-faculty-social-work-0" hreflang="en">Factor Inwentash Faculty of Social Work</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-law" hreflang="en">Faculty of Law</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/grid-1_0.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Composite photo of award winners"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>For their impact that stretches far beyond the �r����, five leaders in medicine, law, engineering, social work and the humanities are receiving President’s Impact Awards.</p> <p>“The �r���� is very proud of these researchers, whose work is leading to important change here at home and around the world,” said Vi<strong>vek Goel</strong>, �r����’s vice-president of research and innovation and strategic initiatives. “Their work, across a diverse range of fields, is reaching beyond academia and improving life for a broad cross-section of society locally and globally.”</p> <p>The winners are:</p> <ul> <li><a href="/celebrates/professor-tom-chau-receives-president-s-impact-award"><strong>Tom Chau</strong> of the Institute of Biomaterials &amp; Biomedical Engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/celebrates/professor-barbara-fallon-receives-president-s-impact-award"><strong>Barbara Fallon</strong> of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work</a></li> <li><a href="/celebrates/professor-audrey-macklin-receives-president-s-impact-award"><strong>Audrey Macklin</strong> of the Faculty of Law</a></li> <li><a href="/celebrates/professor-stephen-hwang-receives-president-s-impact-award"><strong>Stephen Hwang</strong> of the department of medicine in the Faculty of Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/celebrates/professor-anna-shternshis-receives-president-s-impact-award"><strong>Anna Shternshis</strong> of the department of Germanic languages and literatures in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a>&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>Winners of the President’s Impact Awards receive $10,000 per year for five years to be used toward their research, and <a href="https://research.utoronto.ca/honours-awards/presidents-impact-award-academy/presidents-impact-academy">become members of the President’s Impact Academy</a>.&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> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 13:15:51 +0000 lanthierj 162837 at