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The IMS has shaped the approach I bring to graduate supervision.
DR. NORMAN ROSENBLUM
Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes Professor of Paediatrics, Physiology, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Tier I Canada Research Chair in Developmental Nephrology Immediate Past Associate Dean, Physician Scientist Training at University of Toronto Paediatric Nephrologist and Senior Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children
Years Active in the IMS: 1995 - Present
My IMS story began in 1995, at which time I was an early career investigator establishing a laboratory program focused on kidney development and malformation. My appointment to the IMS was the entry point for graduate student supervision. IMS was the perfect graduate unit for trainees focused on science with an interface to medicine. Over the ensuing 23 years, the IMS has shaped the approach I bring to graduate supervision and has provided a conceptual platform that has shaped my approach to science. Inspired by discussions with fellow clinician scientists, I initiated the development of, and subsequently led, the Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program from 2001 until 2012. In 2008, I was appointed the Director of both the University of Toronto MD/ PhD Program and the RCPSC Clinical Investigator Program and became the inaugural Associate Dean, Physician Scientist Program in 2009. During my term, I worked closely with the IMS to integrate clinical medicine and science within curricula. IMS is the host of the newly created Graduate Diploma in Health Research within the MD Program. In the MD/ PhD Program, students can now engage in graduate and medical studies simultaneously, integrate medicine and science within case-based teaching and participate in enhanced formal and informal men-
toring. In the Clinician Investigator Program, a newly developed e-based curriculum focuses on professional skills for the clinician-scientist and an annual symposium features cutting-edge science, clinician scientist role models, and workshops focused on skill-building. As a member of the IMS Executive Committee, I participated in the development of the Masters of Health Science in Translational Research program and have served on the advisory committee for this exciting initiative. Since my appointment to the IMS, I have been awarded the 2004 Aventis Pasteur Research Award, the 2006 Inaugural American Pediatric Society Norman J. Siegel New Member Outstanding Science Award, the 2009 Paediatric Chairs of Canada Paediatric Academic Leadership-Clinical Investigator Award, the 2010 Maureen Andrew Mentor Award by the Society for Pediatric Research, and the 2011 Kidney Foundation of Canada Medal for Research Excellence. As a clinician scientist and educator, I have been greatly influenced and supported by the IMS as it celebrates the importance of medical science and the development of new generations of medical scientists.
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