LATEST RESEARCH & INNOVATION NEWS
University of Toronto researchers have identified a number of sources of “moral distress” for nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic – and they’re developing recommendations to help address the problem.
The causes of distress range from the heart-wrenching experience of watching patients die without family members present, to, ironically, public displays of support for health-care workers, according to the early findings of the researchers’ study.
A University of Toronto researcher is launching a Black-run survey to understand the impact of
Allison McGeer is unequivocal when she is asked about the vaccines that are now being administered to fight the spread of COVID-19
FEATURED RESEARCHERS
Daniel De Carvalho is an associate professor in the department of medical biophysics at the Faculty of Medicine and a senior scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. His work focuses on epigenetics, or the changes brought on by modification of gene expression, and better understanding the mechanisms behind tumour growth and translating this knowledge into more efficient approaches for therapy.
An associate professor in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology in the Faculty of Arts & Science who oversees dinosaur research at the Royal Ontario Museum, Evans studies the Cretaceous Period to understand Earth’s biodiversity crisis today.
Julien, an assistant professor in the departments of biochemistry and immunology in the Faculty of Medicine and a scientist at the SickKids Research Institute, studies how the immune system works and harnesses that information to design interventions, including vaccines.
Geoffrey Hinton, U of T's Godfather of Deep Learning
