Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Honoree
2017
Professor & Canada Research Chair in Medicinal Chemistry
University of Toronto Mississauga
Prof. Patrick Gunning conducted Postdoctoral Research at Yale University before accepting an Assistant Professor position at the University of Toronto (U of T). In 9 years, Patrick has authored 85 publications, 11 US patent applications, given 120 invited lectures, and attracted $21 M in funding. He is the recipient of many awards including: David Rae Memorial Award for innovative research by the Leukemia Lymphoma Society; Ontario Early Researcher Award; Boehringer Ingelheim Young Investigator Award; 2010 University of Glasgow Young Alumnus of the Year; 2011, 2012 and 2013 CSC Ichikizaki award for a Young Chemist; 2011 Dean’s Research Excellence Award at U of T Mississauga; and was named the 2012 RSC MedChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship by the Royal Society for Chemistry (UK). In 2013, Patrick was featured in the Toronto Star’s 2013 Top 10 to Watch, named a Canada Research Chair in Medicinal Chemistry, and a winner of the 2013 U of T Inventor of the Year Award. In 2015, he was the Rose-Winer Levin Lecurer at Dana-Farber, Harvard University and the U of T McLean Award winner. In 2016, Patrick was named the Canadian Society for Chemistry’s Bernard Belleau award winner and was promoted to Full Professor. He will be the inaugural director of the Centre of Medicinal Chemistry at U of T.
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