MEMORANDUM
To: Principals, Deans, Academic Directors, and Chairs
Professionals, Managers and Confidential Staff
Governing Council, Academic Board, Business Board, University Affairs Board
From: Professor R. Paul Young, Vice President, Research
Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009
Re: Announcement of Senior Appointment: Professor Peter Lewis, Associate Vice-
President, Research
I am very pleased to advise you that the Senior Appointments and Compensation Committee of the Governing Council, at its October 6th, 2009 meeting, approved the appointment of Professor Peter Lewis as Associate Vice-President, Research (AVPR).
Professor Lewis has served as Vice Dean, Research and International Relations in the Faculty of Medicine since 2002. Prior to that Peter served as Chair of the Department of Biochemistry from 1991 through 2001. He is a Full Professor and has done important work in protein folding and epigenetics. He holds a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Cornell University (1972) and a Bachelor of Science (honours) in Chemistry from the University of Calgary (1968).
As Vice Dean, Professor Lewis leads the Faculty's research enterprise in partnership with 10 fully affiliated academic health science centres, encompassing 27 departments, 27 extra-departmental units, more than 4,000 faculty, and about $600 million in direct research funding each year. He was involved in the creation of the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, the Structural Genomics Consortium and the McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine. He leads Faculty initiatives for research space renovation, knowledge application and development of international research partnerships. Peter is also co-chair of the Medical Review Panel for the Gairdner Foundation and serves on the board of Bloorview Kids Hospital and on the research advisory committees of the Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Rotman Baycrest Research Institute and St. Michael's Hospital.
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