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She was elected as a director at the Company’s annual general meeting in 2019. Dr. Shoichet has been on the faculty at the
Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry at the University of Toronto since 1995. Dr. Shoichet has published over 675 papers, patents and abstracts and has given over 400 lectures worldwide. She currently leads a laboratory of 25 and has graduated 200
researchers. Her research is focused on drug and cell delivery strategies in the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord, retina) and 3D hydrogel culture systems to model cancer. Dr. Shoichet is currently serving as a director of MaRS, reflecting her passions for technology and
innovation. Dr. Shoichet has co-founded four companies relating to her patented research, serving as a director and/or officer, and raising financing for each company. She is currently Director and co-Founder of AmacaThera Inc. She is also actively engaged in translational research, science outreach and community service. She served as Ontario’s first Chief Scientist in 2018 where she worked to enhance the culture of science. From 2007 to 2013, she was a member of the Science, Technology and Innovation Council (STIC) which
provided strategic advice to the Prime Minister of Canada and the Federal Minister of Industry. From 2009-2015, she served as a director of Ontario Centres of Excellence. From 2006-2008, she was a member of the Ontario Research and Innovation Council (ORIC) which provided strategic advice to the Premier of Ontario and the Ministry of Research and Innovation on the Innovation economy. She has established the Dorothy Shoichet Women Faculty in Excellence Award, University of Toronto. Dr. Shoichet is the recipient of many prestigious distinctions and the only person ever to be inducted into all three of Canada’s National Academies of Science, Engineering and Health Sciences.
In 2018, Dr. Shoichet was inducted as an Officer of the Order of Canada and in 2011, she was awarded the Order of Ontario. In 2012, she received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of her contributions to Canada. In 2014, Dr. Shoichet received the University of Toronto’s highest distinction, University Professor, which is held by less than 2% of the faculty. Dr. Shoichet was the L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science Laureate for North America in 2015, elected Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Engineering in 2016, won the Killam Prize in Engineering in 2017, an elected Foreign Fellow of the UK Royal Society in 2019. Dr. Shoichet won the top
prize in science in Canada in 2020 – the NSERC Herzberg gold medal; and one of the top prizes in medicine in 2020.
Personal Details
Title: Dr
Surname: Shoichet
DoB: 01/01/1967
Age: 59 years
M/F: Female
Nationality: Canada
Country of Birth: Canada
Language: English
Qualification: SB (Chemistry)
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Other directorships (state)
(only entities turnover at least $5m p/a)
| Company | Committee | Position | Date Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Board | Member | 01/04/2019 |
Working history
Committee/s
| Company | Committee | Role | Appointment Date | Resignation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martinrea International Inc. | Board | Member | 01/01/2019 | |
| Martinrea International Inc. | Remuneration | Member | 01/01/2019 |
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