Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy with Dr. Anna Taddio

Presented in partnership with Immunize Canada, Professor Anna Taddio explores why some people may be hesitant to get a vaccine, how the different types of COVID-19 vaccines work, and why vaccination is safe and effective at preventing illness, ultimately helping to end the pandemic.

Research Facts and Figures

Faculty of Pharmacy Research Funding

2020-2021 Faculty of Pharmacy Research Funding Distribution

2020-2021 Tri-Agency Funding

Faculty of Pharmacy Number of Active Awards

Faculty of Pharmacy Average Award Budget

Research Funding

$13,718,462

total research funding awarded to Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Researchers

  • Tri-Agency $5,927,689 (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC)
  • Private Sector $1,312,925
  • Non for Profit Sector $3,233,578 (including foundations)
  • Government $3,254,270 (NIH, IDRC, Ontario Genomics, etc.)

90

number of applications submitted

44 successful
45 unsuccessful
1 pending

104

active grants

22 Government
27 Not for profit
9 Private Sector
46 Tri-Agency

46

Tri-Agency grants

24 CIHR
16 NSERC
1 SSHRC
5 Other

3

Canada Research Chairs

Researcher Awards

20

researcher awards

6 salary awards
14 awards (honor and others)

Publications

490

publications

This includes:
6 books and chapters
41 editorial reviews

Conferences & Symposia

155

virtual conferences attended

81 International Conferences
44 National Conferences
30 Local Conferences

Presentations by appointed Faculty members and trainees

72

abstracts

83

presentations

Media

More than

1,300

media interviews from March - May 2021

Our experts were featured in top national and international outlets, including:

  • National Geographic
  • National Public Radio (NPR)
  • The Globe and Mail
  • CBC Radio One
  • The Toronto Star

Entrepreneurship

7

start-ups

2 new
(ARMA Biosciences & Liberum Biotechnologies)
5 ongoing
(Antlera Therapeutics, Cellular Analytics, LSK Technologies, Nanology Labs and Nocimetrics)

64

commercialization projects

60 active
4 closed

40

licenses

3 new
36 ongoing
4 exercised /closed

19

patents, licences and invention disclosures

9 patents issues (Hong Kong, Germany, France, UK, Spain, Italy, USA, Canada)
13 applications

10

invention disclosures

Inventions Disclosures including a Student

  • include a student
  • 2 PI only

Assignment

  • 4 co-owned
  • 6 assigned to U of T

177

members

  • 22 Full Faculty
  • 16 Associate Faculty
  • 16 Research Staff
  • 73 Full Trainees
  • 20 Associate Trainees
  • 30 Other (visiting professors, visiting students, health professionals, etc.)

14

graduate student scholarships given

6

bi-weekly seminar series featuring leading national and international experts from University of Alberta, Universite Lavel, Rutgers, UHN, McGill, and LTRI
 

8

speaker series presentations

2

symposia

1

four-day summit

Collaborations

  •  
  • The Hospital for Sick Children
  • Institute for Personalized Therapeutic Nutrition
  • Banting and Best Diabetes Center
  • Whole Health Pharmacy Partners
  • University of Saskatchewan
  • Ontario College of Pharmacists
  • Shoppers Drug Mart
  • University of Waterloo
  • Dalhousie University
  •  
  • Whole Health
  • Janzen's Pharmacy
  • Bio Pro Pharmacy
  • Therappx
  • University of Alberta
  • Women’s College Research Institute 
  • MedMe Health
  • Northwest Telepharmacy Solutions
  • University Health Network 
  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
  • Memorial University
  • University of Canberra
  • Institute for Safe Medication Practices 
  • Center for Effective Practice
  • Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

15

research fellows

Research Fellows From

  • Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

  • Dalla Lana School of Public Health
  • Carleton University, School of Public Policy and Administration
  • Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing
  • University of Toronto Faculty of Law
  • University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
  • University of Toronto Rotman School of Management
  • UC San Diego School of Medicine

11

collaborative seminars featuring leading national and international experts

75+

members

150+

trainees across 15 University of Toronto Departments