The Hospital for Sick Children

Websites:
The Centre for Applied Genomics
The Chromosome 7 Project
Database of Genomic Variants
McLaughlin Centre
Steve Scherer's Wiki

News:
Press Releases and Articles
Lay Reviews/Opinions/Editorials
Media/Scientific News Articles
Interviews
Video presentation and interview
Integrative research at TCAG [Video]

Contact Info:
Stephen W. Scherer
The Centre for Applied Genomics
The Hospital for Sick Children
Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning
686 Bay Street, Room 13.9800
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 0A4, Canada
(416) 813-7613 (office)
(416) 813-8319 (fax)

Elaine Chang
Dr. Scherer's Assistant
Phone: (416) 813-7654 x301574
Fax: (416) 813-8319

Other Significant Honors, Achievements, Honorary Lectures (examples)

2021 – present Northbridge Chair in Paediatric Research, The Hospital for Sick Children
2019 Killam Prize in Health Sciences, Canada Council for the Arts
2018 Clarivate Analytics 2018 Highly Cited Researcher
2018 Distinguished University Professor, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
2017 Clarivate Analytics 2017 Highly Cited Researcher
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
2017 Nature Genetics 25th anniversary classic papers: ‘From the Archives: Large-scale structural variation in the human genome. Nature Genetics, 2004’
2017 Honorary Doctorate address, 60th anniversary of the Faculty of Science, University of Waterloo.
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
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
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
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
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