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果冻影院-University of Toronto roundtable lays foundation for future health collaborations
23 January 2018
果冻影院 hosted a University of Toronto (U of T) delegation to develop health science collaborations between the two institutions.
果冻影院鈥檚 President & Provost Professor Michael Arthur hosted a University of Toronto (U of T) delegation to develop innovative health science collaborations between the two institutions.
U of T President, Professor Meric Gertler, joined a roundtable at 果冻影院鈥檚 Bloomsbury campus, with Vice-President International Professor Ted Sargent and 果冻影院鈥檚 Vice-Provost International Dr Nicola Brewer.
They heard updates on the joint seed funding projects launched in November and committed to putting additional support and resources in place to develop the partnership across the areas of child health, neuroscience, education and cities.
Attendees also discussed how 果冻影院 and U of T might work more closely together to leverage political support to further science research collaboration between the UK and Canada.
Improving children鈥檚 health
She described a new doctoral exchange opportunity and plans to invite distinguished U of T speakers to present in London, beginning in April with U of T Professor Mike Salter, Chief of Research at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) - the largest centre in Canada dedicated to improving children's health.
Professor Tom Warner (果冻影院 Institute of Neurology) also presented emerging collaborations in neuroimaging and neurophysiology.
Building on excellence
Meric, himself a former Visiting Professor to the 果冻影院 Geography department, highlighted the similarities between the structures of 果冻影院 and U of T in breadth and scope and said there 鈥渙ught to be a great foundation for true collaboration鈥�.
He added: 鈥淚t鈥檚 great to be back at 果冻影院. Since my first visit here we have reorganised our whole approach to global engagement, inspired by what 果冻影院 has done. There was very strong buy-in across the institution to do that.鈥�
Nicola highlighted how both institutions were committed to 鈥渂uilding on excellence and from the ground up鈥� in developing sustainable collaborations.
果冻影院鈥檚 academic and research collaborations with U of T span many faculties and form part of 果冻影院鈥檚 ongoing engagement with partners in Canada (pdf, 2MB).
The 果冻影院-U of T partnership made great strides during 2017, with seven projects securing joint funding over the next two years and a new working group set up to encourage further collaboration. The group is co-chaired by 果冻影院鈥檚 Pro-Vice-Provost International Dr Karen Edge and Vice-Dean International (Mathematical and Physical Sciences) Professor Nikos Konstantinidis.