PM Clinical Researcher Dr. Mary Gospodarowicz has been honoured by the University of Toronto with a prestigious appointment to University Professor—a rank attained by only 2% of tenured faculty. She is a Professor of Radiation Oncology at the university and the Medical Director of PM Cancer Centre. She is being recognized for her outstanding achievements in cancer care and research over the past 40 years.
Dr. Gospodarowicz is a practicing radiation oncologist and, through her research program, has examined radiation therapy for lymphomas and genitourinary cancers, image-guided precision radiotherapy and cancer survivorship. She has contributed to over 350 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, including a seminal report in 2015 advocating for the expansion of radiotherapy programs in low- and middle-income countries.
She also has an impressive track record of service on various provincial, national and international committees. Notably, she was the first Canadian and first woman president of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), an international non-governmental organization dedicated to the global control of cancer.
Other than Dr. Gospodarowicz, only seven other UHN researchers have been appointed a University Professor, including Drs. Andreas Lozano, Tirone David, Tak Mak, Peter St. George-Hyslop, Donna Stewart, James Till and Ernest McCulloch.