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Dr. Peter A. Singer is Sun Life Financial Chair in Bioethics and Director, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics and Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and University Health Network. He directs the PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre for Bioethics and the Canadian Program on Genomics and Global Health at the University of Toronto. He studied internal medicine at the University of Toronto, medical ethics at the University of Chicago, and clinical epidemiology at Yale University. Dr. Singer is the recent recipient of awards including CIHR Distinguished Investigator; Award for Excellence, Yale University School of Public Health; and the University of Toronto Dales Award. He has published over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has held almost CAN$50 million in research grants, including three large grants from Genome Canada. He has trained over 50 graduate students and fellows. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges for Global Health Initiative and the Committee on Advances in Technology and the Prevention of Their Application to Next Generation Biowarfare Agents of the US NAS, and a Director of BIOTECanada. His contributions have included improvements in quality end of life care, fair priority setting in healthcare organizations, and teaching bioethics. His current research focus is global health, in particular harnessing genomics and nanotechnology to improve health in developing countries.
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