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Below we highlight some of the other honours, grants, and accolades received by members of the Baycrest Academy this year: Dr. Morris Freedman was awarded the 2021 Department of Medicine Award in Quality and Innovation from the University of Toronto. Dr. Raquel Meyer, Shoshana Helfenbaum, Dr. Faith Boutcher, and Dr. David Conn received the 2022 David A. Peterson Award from the Gerontological Society of America for their article, "Toward a learning-to-performance program for interprofessional long-term care teams: Team Essentials to foster engagement, reciprocity, and meaningful, sustained practice change." Dr. Nicole Anderson was elected as a member of the Memory Disorders Research Society. Dr. Björn Herrmann secured an an Early Professionals, Inspired Careers in AgeTech (EPIC-AT) Early Career Researcher Fellowship. Dr. Morris Moscovitch received the Society of Experimental Psychologists' Norman Anderson Lifetime Achievement Award. Graduate student Stephanie Simpson (Levine Lab) received an an EPIC-AT Trainee Fellowship. Clinical research fellow Dr. Durjoy Lahiri (Chertkow lab) won the Sandra Black Award for Clinical Dementia Research in 2022. Honours, Grants, and Accolades Baycrest Academy researchers and educators are regularly recognized for their extraordinary contributions to the field of aging and brain health. Baycrest once again named Canada's #1 most research- intensive hospital Baycrest is proud to be recognized as the #1 most research-intensive hospital in Canada for the second year in a row, according to Research Infosource's latest rankings for Canada's Top 40 Research Hospitals. Led by the Rotman Research Institute (RRI), Baycrest scientists attracted an average of $975,300 each in research funding last year. Baycrest has been recognized among Canada's top research hospitals every year since the rankings began, over a decade ago. RRI research reaches beyond academia Senior Clinician Scientist Dr. Linda Mah received a 2023 President's Impact Award from the University of Toronto for serving on the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. The table supported the evidence-informed response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario. This award recognizes and celebrates University of Toronto faculty members and teams of faculty whose research has led to significant impact beyond academia. New named chair and renewed Canada Research Chairs at Baycrest Dr. Jennifer Ryan was appointed as the new Anne and Max Tanenbaum Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience, a joint position at Baycrest and the University of Toronto. Dr. Jean Chen was named the Canada Research Chair in Neuroimaging of Aging for a second consecutive term. In addition, Dr. Jed Meltzer was granted a second term as the Canada Research Chair in Interventional Cognitive Neuroscience. 2022–2023 ANNUAL REPORT 31

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