Sinai Health / en Daniel Drucker among Time magazine’s 100 most influential people /celebrates/daniel-drucker-among-time-magazine-s-100-most-influential-people <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Daniel Drucker among&nbsp;Time&nbsp;magazine’s 100 most influential people</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>Christopher.Sorensen</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-04-17T15:16:55-04:00" title="Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 15:16" class="datetime">Wed, 04/17/2024 - 15:16</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="/taxonomy/term/6894" hreflang="en">Sinai Health</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</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/2024-04/UofT93566_2022-07-18-Daniel-Drucker-8_Polina-Teif-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>Daniel Drucker (photo by Polina Teif)</em></p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Endocrinologist&nbsp;<strong>Daniel Drucker</strong>&nbsp;is part of a team of researchers recognized by <em>Time</em> magazine for their roles in advancing next-generation treatments for diabetes and weight loss.</p> <p>Drucker, a senior investigator at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, and a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/complete-list-university-professors/">University Professor</a>&nbsp;in the department of medicine at the 91Թ's Temerty Faculty of Medicine,&nbsp;shares a spot on <a href="https://time.com/6964971/joel-habener-svetlana-mojsov-dan-drucker/"><em>Time</em>’<em>s</em> list of the 100 most influential people of 2024</a>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<strong>Joel Habener</strong>&nbsp;of Harvard University and&nbsp;<strong>Svetlana Mojsov</strong>&nbsp;of Rockefeller University.</p> <p>The scientists were honoured for their contributions to the development of a new class of drugs, including Ozempic and Wegovy, based on their discoveries about gut hormones known as glucagon-like peptides.</p> <p>These medications, known as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, help manage blood sugar levels by boosting insulin production and reducing the liver’s release of sugar.</p> <p>“Drucker’s experiments pinpointed the specific parts of GLP-1 responsible for affecting insulin levels,” the magazine said. “Now GLP-1-based medications are approved in the U.S. to treat diabetes and obesity, and to reduce the risk of heart disease.”</p> <p>Drucker, who has been recognized with a <a href="/celebrates/daniel-drucker-receives-canada-gairdner-international-award">Gairdner International Award</a> and <a href="/celebrates/daniel-drucker-awarded-2023-wolf-prize-medicine">Wolf Prize </a>for his work, is currently exploring other potential health benefits,&nbsp;including <a href="/news/study-finds-new-roles-gut-hormone-glp-1-brain">reducing inflammation in chronic metabolic diseases</a>.</p> <h3><a href="http://time.com/6964971/joel-habener-svetlana-mojsov-dan-drucker/" target="_blank">Read more at <em>Time</em> magazine</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> Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:16:55 +0000 Christopher.Sorensen 307504 at Thirteen 91Թ researchers named Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences /celebrates/thirteen-u-t-researchers-named-fellows-canadian-academy-health-sciences <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Thirteen 91Թ researchers named Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences</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="2023-09-20T11:47:27-04:00" title="Wednesday, September 20, 2023 - 11:47" class="datetime">Wed, 09/20/2023 - 11:47</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/canadian-academy-health-sciences" hreflang="en">Canadian Academy of Health Sciences</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-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-kinesiology-physical-education" hreflang="en">Faculty of Kinesiology &amp; Physical Education</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/holland-bloorview-kids-rehabilitation-hospital" hreflang="en">Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6894" hreflang="en">Sinai Health</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/uhn" hreflang="en">UHN</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/unity-health" hreflang="en">Unity Health</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Thirteen 91Թ researchers have been named Fellows of <a href="https://cahs-acss.ca/">the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences</a> (CAHS) in recognition of their leadership, creativity and commitment to advancing academic health sciences.</p> <p>One of three national academies that make up <a href="https://cca-reports.ca/about/">the Council of Canadian Academies</a>, the CAHS leverages the expertise of Canada’s leading health sciences researchers to evaluate Canada's most urgent and complex health challenges and recommend strategic, actionable solutions. To be named a CAHS Fellow is considered one of the highest distinctions for academics in the health sciences field in Canada.</p> <p>“The 91Թ congratulates these leading researchers on this important recognition of their work,” says <strong>Barbara Fallon</strong>, 91Թ’s associate vice-president, research. “This reaffirms what we saw in <a href="/news/nature-ranks-u-t-among-top-three-institutions-world-health-sciences-research-output">the recent <em>Nature</em> rankings</a>, which placed 91Թ second in the world among health sciences research universities, and <a href="/news/u-t-fifth-world-first-among-north-american-public-universities-ntu-rankings">the recent NTU rankings</a>, which placed 91Թ second among the world’s top research universities in the category of medicine.</p> <p>“Across disciplines, fuelled by the collaboration between the 14 research hospitals in <a href="https://tahsn.ca/">the&nbsp;Toronto Academic Health Science Network </a>(TAHSN), these researchers are making discoveries and advancements that have a real impact on the some of the most complex health challenges facing Canadians.”</p> <p>The new Fellows are:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Evdokia Anagnostou</strong>, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital and Temerty Faculty of Medicine (Paediatrics)</li> <li><strong>Ahmed Bayoumi</strong>, Unity Health and Temerty Faculty of Medicine (Medicine)</li> <li><strong>Patricia Brubaker</strong>, Temerty Faculty of Medicine (Physiology)</li> <li><strong>Leah Cowen</strong>, Temerty Faculty of Medicine (Molecular Genetics)</li> <li><strong>Neeru Gupta</strong>, Unity Health and Temerty Faculty of Medicine (Opthalmology &amp; Vision Sciences)</li> <li><strong>Mojgan Hodaie</strong>, University Health Network (UHN) and Temerty Faculty of Medicine (Surgery)</li> <li><strong>John Kingdom</strong>, Sinai Health and Temerty Faculty of Medicine (Obstetrics &amp; Gynaecology)</li> <li><strong>Cheryl Regehr</strong>, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work</li> <li><strong>Catherine Sabiston</strong>, Faculty of Kinesiology &amp; Physical Education</li> <li><strong>Samir Sinha</strong>, Sinai Health and Temerty Faculty of Medicine (Medicine)</li> <li><strong>Lillian Siu</strong>, UHN and Temerty Faculty of Medicine (Medicine)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li><strong>Yu Sun</strong>, Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering (Mechanical and Industrial Engineering)</li> <li><strong>Michael Tymianski</strong>, UHN and Temerty Faculty of Medicine (Surgery)</li> </ul> <h4><a href="https://cahs-acss.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CAHS-2023-New-Fellows-News-Release-EN.pdf">See the complete list of new Fellows</a></h4> </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> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 15:47:27 +0000 lanthierj 303132 at Daniel Drucker awarded 2023 Wolf Prize in Medicine /celebrates/daniel-drucker-awarded-2023-wolf-prize-medicine <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Daniel Drucker awarded 2023 Wolf Prize in Medicine</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="2023-02-10T16:03:25-05:00" title="Friday, February 10, 2023 - 16:03" class="datetime">Fri, 02/10/2023 - 16:03</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="/taxonomy/term/6893" hreflang="en">Wolf Prize</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="/taxonomy/term/6894" hreflang="en">Sinai Health</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6895" hreflang="en">Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute</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/UofT86640_2020-11-01-Daniel-Drucker-%285%29-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Daniel Drucker,</strong> a senior scientist at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, and a professor in the department of medicine at the 91Թ's Temerty Faculty of Medicine has been honoured with the 2023 Wolf Prize for medicine.</p> <p>“We are very excited to have our science highlighted by the Wolf Foundation; this is terrific recognition for dozens of trainees and lab staff who have made important contributions over the years,” Drucker says.</p> <p>Drucker was recognized for his research on the physiology and therapeutic potential of glucagon-like peptides, hormones produced in the gut that now form the basis for several highly effective drugs to treat type 2 diabetes, obesity and intestinal disorders.</p> <p>The Wolf Prize is awarded annually to scientists and artists from around the world, for their achievements in the interest of humanity and friendly relations among peoples. Eight laureates from five countries were honoured this year, and will receive a certificate and US $100,000 at a ceremony in Israel this June.</p> <p>Drucker joins three other 91Թ faculty members who have received the Wolf Prize since its inception in 1978: <strong>John Polanyi</strong> (department of chemistry, 1982), <strong>Anthony Pawson</strong> (department of molecular genetics, 2005) and <strong>James Arthur</strong> (department of mathematics, 2015).</p> <p>“The 91Թ congratulates Dan Drucker on this latest recognition of his important work,” says <strong>Leah Cowen</strong>, 91Թ’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives. “His commitment to scientific discovery, his decades of meticulous work and dedication to improving the lives of patients have led to new treatments that have truly made a global impact.”</p> <h3><a href="https://wolffund.org.il/the-wolf-prize/">Read more about the Wolf Prize&nbsp;&nbsp;</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</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, 10 Feb 2023 21:03:25 +0000 lanthierj 179829 at