Sandra Black
Sandra E. Black | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada |
| Education | University of Toronto; University of Oxford; Western University (Ontario) |
| Occupations | Neurologist, Physician, Professor |
| Employer(s) | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; University of Toronto |
| Known for | Research on Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, and stroke |
| Awards | Order of Canada; Order of Ontario; Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada |
Sandra Elizabeth Black, OC OOnt FRSC is a Canadian physician and neurologist known for her work in "contributing to improved diagnosis and treatment of vascular dementia, Alzheimer's disease and stroke".[1] She is currently a Senior scientist at Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. She holds the Brill Chair in Neurology in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto.[2]
Early life and education
The daughter of Harriet (Peterson) Black, CM, co-founder of the Algoma Fall Festival, and Thomas Black, an obstetrician and gynecologist, Black was raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.[3][4] Black received a Bachelor of Science degree in biological and medical sciences in 1969 from the University of Toronto. She received a Master of Arts degree in history and philosophy of science from Oxford University in 1970. She received her Medical Doctorate (MD) in 1978 from University of Toronto and a Fellowship in cognitive neurology in 1984 from the University of Western Ontario.[5]
Black attended the University of Toronto where she received her Bachelor of Science (Hons) in 1969 and her Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 1978.[6] Black also studied at Oxford University where she received a diploma in the History and Philosophy of Science and at Western University where she was a Fellow in Cognitive Neurology.
Awards and honours
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 2012
- Active member of the Order of Ontario
- Officer of the Order of Canada.[5]
- Outstanding researcher of the year award, department of medicine, University of Toronto, 2013
- Elected to Royal Society of Canada, 2012
- Irma M. Parhad Award for Excellence, Consortium of Canadian Centres for Clinical Cognitive Research, 2011
References
- ↑ "Order of Canada Appointments". July 1, 2015.
- ↑ "Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ↑ "Harriet Black". Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ↑ "Neurologist Sandra Black studies the science of the mind". Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- 1 2 "Canadian Partnership For Stroke Recovery".
- ↑ "Sandra Black - Sunnybrook Research Institute". sunnybrook.ca. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
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- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Alzheimer's disease researchers
- Canadian neurologists
- 20th-century Canadian medical doctors
- 21st-century Canadian medical doctors
- 21st-century Canadian women medical doctors
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- Members of the Order of Ontario
- Officers of the Order of Canada
- People from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
- University of Western Ontario alumni
- University of Toronto alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Toronto
- Scientists from Toronto
- 20th-century Canadian scientists
- 21st-century Canadian scientists
- 20th-century Canadian women medical doctors
- 20th-century Canadian women scientists
- 21st-century Canadian women scientists