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Honours, Awards, and Accolades RESEARCH INFOSOURCE RANKING Baycrest is proud to be recognized as the number one hospital in Canada for research intensity (the amount of funds allocated per researcher) for the third year in a row, according to Research Infosource's Canada's Top 40 Research Hospitals 2024. This achievement reflects the innovative work of Baycrest researchers that consistently attracts significant grants and donations to advance research in aging and brain health. Baycrest's world-renowned RRI scientists attracted an average of more than $0.9 million each for research in 2024. Since the inception of the ranking over a decade ago, Baycrest has repeatedly placed among Canada's top research hospitals. HEALTHCARE PARTNER FOR THE YORK UNIVERSITY CFREF York University was awarded $105 million from the federal government's Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF). The funding is in support of the Connected Minds: Neural and Machine Systems for a Healthy, Just Society interdisciplinary research initiative, of which Baycrest is a lead health partner. Dr. Shayna Rosenbaum, Adjunct Scientist at RRI, serves as lead of the Connected Minds Research Committee. ORDER OF CANADA Dr. Morris Moscovitch, RRI Senior Scientist, was inducted as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2024 at Rideau Hall. The citation noted he is "a ground-breaking researcher in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. He has made outstanding contributions to the fields by building empirical studies on a strong foundation of theoretical and conceptual analysis. His seminal work on the cognitive architecture and neural signature of memory has influenced our understanding of nearly every facet of memory research and has contributed to clinical applications. In addition to his research excellence, the passionate, inspired, and collaborative mentor has nurtured the next generation of specialists." GOVERNOR GENERAL'S ACADEMIC GOLD MEDAL AWARD Dr. Danielle D'Amico, Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Nicole Anderson and Dr. Howard Chertkow in the Kimel Family Centre for Brain Health & Wellness, has won a Governor General's Academic Gold Medal Award, the most prestigious award graduate students in Canada can receive. The award is in recognition of her outstanding doctoral work at Toronto Metropolitan University. CENTRE FOR EDUCATION SIM INNOVATOR AWARD NOMINATION The Centre for Education and Knowledge Exchange in Aging was nominated for the Simulation Canada 2023 SIM Innovator Award. The national award recognizes an exceptional commitment to innovate, advocate, and advance simulation for education, patient safety, and/or quality improvement. The accolade celebrates an organization at the leading edge of integrating simulation into its activities, using simulation- based strategies to disrupt the status quo, and profoundly improve education and/or patient care. TANENBAUM OPEN SCIENCE INSTITUTE'S NATIONAL INCENTIVE FUND AWARD Dr. Donna Rose Addis and the BARE Open Science Committee were awarded funding by the Tanenbaum Open Science Institute's National Incentive Fund to support BARE's implementation of an open science framework. As a leading open science organization, BARE has made significant contributions to the open science framework by including focus groups (with research participants) during the consultation process, and an open science principle related to training and education. BARE continues to lead the way in enabling research data accessibility, making efficient use of research funding, and scaling the impact of research investments into data collection. 26 BAYCREST ACADEMY FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

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