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Supporting the next generation of leaders and learners in health sciences
Sinai Health celebrates life-long learning and the translation of new knowledge and supports its employees and learners in the pursuit of higher education and professional development, through scholarships and bursaries. This year, recipients were honoured at a...
Highly specialized care for individuals with sarcoma cancers
‘Rare’ is both special and less understood. Sarcoma is a rare group of cancers that start in the soft tissues or bones of the body. Although they represent less than one per cent of all cancers, sarcomas comprise over 50 distinct subtypes with diverse characteristics...
New research shows sarcoma’s origins could be decades in the making
Co-authors Dr. Rebecca Gladdy and Dr. Adam Shlien. Toronto scientists say they have pinpointed potential triggers of an aggressive form of soft tissue cancer that can begin to develop decades before a patient is ever diagnosed or seeks treatment for the disease.In a...
Drum gift ceremony celebrates patient care partnership
Westwind Evening, an Anishnaabe Kwe or Warrior Woman and Knowledge Keeper, plays the drum gifted to Sinai Health by the Toronto Central Indigenous Cancer Program. In many Indigenous traditions of North America, the drum represents the heartbeat of Mother Earth and the...
Captured Caring: Moments of inspiration for the week of July 19
Every day our people at Sinai Health are doing extraordinary things. Captured Caring is a series featuring submissions from our people to provide you with inspiration and encouragement as we care for patients and each other. Have your own story or photo to share?...
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute’s Dr. Jim Woodgett to lead Terry Fox Research Institute
Sinai Health congratulates Dr. Jim Woodgett on his new role as president and scientific director of the Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI).A senior scientist at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (LTRI), Jim will split his time in his lab at Sinai Health with...
Distinguished Toronto scientist Dr. Jim Woodgett takes up leadership of Terry Fox Research Institute on August 1
Vancouver, BC – The Board of Directors of the Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI) announces the appointment of Jim Woodgett, a senior scientist based at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (LTRI), part of Sinai Health in Toronto, as its new President and...