Feb 3, 2022

The (re)appointment committee for the Chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology

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The Acting Dean of Temerty Medicine has struck a committee to advise on the (re)appointment of the Chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology.   

Professor Rita Kandel will be completing her first 5-year term as Chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology. Dr. Kandel is eligible for reappointment. 

In accordance with the University of Toronto's “Policy on Appointment of Academic Administrators,” a committee has been struck to advise on the appointment of the Chair - considering whether to recommend the reappointment of Dr. Kandel for a second 5-year term or to proceed with a search. 

You are welcome to input to the committee by February 9, 2022.

Please send any comments to Anastasia Meletopoulos, Academic Affairs Manager, anastasia.meletopoulos@utoronto.ca.

Your opinions will be treated in strict confidence and will be made known only to the Advisory Committee for the (Re)Appointment of Chair, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology.

The composition of the committee, which has been approved by the Vice-President and Provost, is as follows: 

  • Patricia Houston (Co-Chair) – Acting Dean and Vice Dean, Medical Education 
  • Lisa Robinson (Co-Chair) – Vice Dean, Strategy & Operations  
  • Nelson Cabral – Manager, Business & Administration 
  • Marsha Chechik – Chair, Department of Computer Science
  • Vina Goghari – Vice Dean, Research & Program Innovation, School of Graduate Studies 
  • Maryam Khalil – PhD Candidate and Co-President, Confederation of LMP Students 
  • John Kingdom – Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology  
  • Vathany Kulasingam – Associate Professor and Co-Director, Postdoctoral Diploma in Clinical Chemistry Program (Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network) 
  • Michael Lee – MSc Student and Former Co-President, LMP Undergraduate Student Union 
  • Fang-I Lu – Assistant Professor and Field Director, MHSc Laboratory Medicine (Pathologists’ Assistant) (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre) 
  • Allison McGeer – Professor (Sinai Health) 
  • Michael Ohh – Professor and Vice Chair, Life Sciences Education 
  • Cathy Streutker – Professor and Vice Chair, Promotions & Mentorship (St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto) 
  • Brad Wouters – Executive Vice President, Research, University Health Network