Princess Margaret Senior Scientist Dr. Trevor Pugh has been named a recipient of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 for 2020.
The annual award was founded by Caldwell and recognizes 40 exceptional Canadian leaders who are visionaries, creative problem-solvers, inspire others, give back to the community and are under the age of 40.
Dr. Pugh and his fellow awardees were selected from over 900 nominees by an independent advisory board, comprising more than 25 business leaders from across Canada. Honourees were chosen on four key criteria: vision & innovation, leadership, impact & influence, and social responsibility.
When told that he had won, Dr. Pugh was elated. “I could not believe it,” he said. “I’m tremendously excited. I really look forward to connecting with the Top 40 Under 40 community. It is very gratifying to see genome science and translational science—which has a direct impact on patient care—be recognized as an important field along with business luminaries.”
Dr. Pugh is a world-leading cancer genomics researcher and molecular geneticist who focuses on using comprehensive genome profiling and technologies to guide the treatment of patients.
After receiving a PhD in medical genetics from the University of British Columbia, he completed his postdoctoral work at Harvard Medical School, the Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard, as well as the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
He leads a multidisciplinary lab with 24 staff and trainees, and oversees 55 research staff across some of the largest genome facilities in Canada at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. He is the Director of Genomics at OICR and also an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto. Dr. Pugh is also listed on the 2019 Highly Cited Researchers List by Clarivate Analytics. This list recognizes researchers whose published work has ranked in the top 1% by citations of other researchers the world over.
Congratulations Dr. Pugh!
Source: UHN.ca