Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
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| Established | 1985 |
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| Research type | Medical |
Director of Research | Dr. Anne-Claude Gingras |
| Address | 600 University Ave. |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Affiliations | University of Toronto |
Operating agency | Sinai Health System |
| Website | www |
The Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute is a medical research institute in Toronto, Ontario and part of the Sinai Health System. It was originally established in 1985 as the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, the research arm of Mount Sinai Hospital, by an endowment from the Lunenfeld and Kunin families. It was renamed to the current name on June 24, 2013, after a $35 million donation from Larry and Judy Tanenbaum.
It comprises 36 principal investigators, has a budget of C$90 million (2005/6), has over 200 trainees and approximately 600 staff.
The Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute is a world pioneer in the fields of
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Funding
Researchers are supported by the Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation, donors and external funding sources including:[2]
- Canada Foundation for Innovation
- Canadian Cancer Society
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Genome Canada
- Lawson Health Research Institute
- March of Dimes
- National Institutes of Health
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
- Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
- SickKids Foundation
- Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
- Terry Fox Foundation
- University Health Network
References
- ^ Researchers
- ^ "Funding | WIHR". Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute. Archived from the original on 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
