| 2021 – present |
Northbridge Chair in Paediatric Research, The Hospital for Sick Children
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| 2019 |
Killam Prize in Health Sciences, Canada Council for the Arts
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| 2018 |
Clarivate Analytics 2018 Highly Cited Researcher
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| 2018 |
Distinguished University Professor, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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| 2017 |
Clarivate Analytics 2017 Highly Cited Researcher
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| 2017 |
Google Scholar Blog Classic Papers: Articles That Have Stood the Test of Time, No. 1: Global
variation in copy number in the human genome, Nature, 2006
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| 2017 |
Nature Genetics 25th anniversary classic papers: ‘From the Archives: Large-scale structural
variation in the human genome. Nature Genetics, 2004’
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| 2017 |
Honorary Doctorate address, 60th anniversary of the Faculty of Science, University of
Waterloo.
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| 2017 |
Guest Speaker, Banting Research Foundation, Investing in our Future, Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 2016 |
Invited Speaker, Mac Keith Press Basic Science Lectureship, American Academy for Cerebral Palsy
and Developmental Medicine Annual Meeting, Hollywood, FL, USA
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| 2015 |
Keynote Speaker, 2nd Annual 2015 Ed Quigley Clinical Research Symposium. Rady Children's
Hospital and UC San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA
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| 2015 |
Special Guest Speaker, World Autism Awareness Day, United Nations, New York |
| 2015 |
South Asian Autism Awareness Radiant Night, Excellence in Research Award |
| 2015 |
Autism Ontario Gerry Bloomfield Professional Award for outstanding contributions to the field of
Autism Spectrum Disorders
|
| 2015 – present |
Senior Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto |
| 2014 |
McLeans Magazine 50 Most Important People in Canada |
| 2013 |
Canadian Broadcast Glen Gould Studio Special Speaker: ‘Cracking the Autism Enigma’ |
| 2011 |
International Significant Sigma Chi Award |
| 2011 |
Keynote Speaker, 15th Human Genome Organization Meeting, Hosted by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan
Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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| 2011 |
Dr. Patrick Choy Distinguished Seminar in Translational Research, University of Manitoba |
| 2010 |
Charles Scriver Honorary Lecture, Montreal Children's Hospital |
| 2010 |
James C. Hunt Visiting Professor in Pediatrics Lecture, University of Tennessee |
| 2008 |
University of Calgary, Bea Fowlow Honorary Lecture Award in Medical Genetics |
| 2008 |
Honorary Speaker, W. Garfield Weston Foundation Board and Public Seminar Vero Beach, FL, USA
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| 2008 – 2021 |
GlaxoSmithKline Endowed Chair in Human Genetics and Genomics |
| 2008 |
Visiting Professor, Danny Thomas Lecture Series, St. Judes Hospital, Tennessee |
| 2007 |
Inaugural Grazielle Persico Lecture. Naples, Italy |
| 2007 |
Inaugural Distinguished Alumni Award, Faculty of Science, University of Waterloo |
| 2006 – 2020 |
Fellow, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) |
| 2004 |
Plenary Speaker, Jerring Symposium, Karolinska Nobel Forum, Stockholm, Swede |
| 2003 – 2008 |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Investigator Award |
| 2002 |
Genetics Society of Canada Young Scientist Award |
| 2002 |
The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR) Young Explorer’s Prize |
| 2001 |
International Year of the Volunteer Recipient, The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation |
| 2001 |
Burroughs-Wellcome Visiting Professorship in Basic Sciences, Memorial U., St. John’s, NL) |
| 2001 |
Honorary DSc from the U. of Windsor for contributions to genetics, genomics and public education |
| 1999 – 2002 |
Premier’s Research Excellence Award |
| 1998 |
Canadian Foundation for Innovation New Researcher Award |
| 1998 |
Scholar, Medical Research Council of Canada |
| 1997 |
Ranney Lecture Award, Honorary appointment to the Etobicoke General Hospital |
| 1991 – 1994 |
Medical Research Council of Canada Student Fellowship |
