President's Impact Award recognizes five leading researchers
Published: February 21, 2020
For their impact that stretches far beyond the UU直播, five leaders in medicine, law, engineering, social work and the humanities are receiving President鈥檚 Impact Awards.
鈥淭he UU直播 is very proud of these researchers, whose work is leading to important change here at home and around the world,鈥 said Vivek Goel, UU直播鈥檚 vice-president of research and innovation and strategic initiatives. 鈥淭heir work, across a diverse range of fields, is reaching beyond academia and improving life for a broad cross-section of society locally and globally.鈥
The winners are:
- Tom Chau of the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering
- Barbara Fallon of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
- Audrey Macklin of the Faculty of Law
- Stephen Hwang of the department of medicine in the Faculty of Medicine
- Anna Shternshis of the department of Germanic languages and literatures in the Faculty of Arts & Science
Winners of the President鈥檚 Impact Awards receive $10,000 per year for five years to be used toward their research, and .
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