On behalf of the Department of Anesthesia, we acknowledge and thank the reviewers who provided independent assessments of the applications to the 2018-2020 Merit Awards Program. Their expertise and dedication to a fair and transparent review process was essential to the overall success of the competition. In addition, we sincerely thank Dr. Alex Kiss, PhD, Scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute. Dr. Kiss served as Statistical consultant to the2018-2020 Merit Awards Program competition.
The reviewers are:
Benjamin Goldstein, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Dianshi Wang, Senior Research Associate, Department of Physiology
Elise Paradis, Assistant Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto
Frances Chung, Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Gerald O’Leary, Chief and Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, UHN/SHS/WCH and University of Toronto
Gordon Tait, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Haibo Zhang, Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto
James O’Leary, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
John Kingdom, Chair and Professor, Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, University of Toronto
Laurent Brochard, Director and Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
Matt Kurrek, Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Mike Farkouh, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
Peter Slinger, Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Susan Belo, Chief and Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre and University of Toronto
