Sharon Straus MD FRCPC MSc HBSc

Squires-Chalmers Chair of Medicine
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Translation
Physician-in-Chief, St. Michael’s Hospital
Director, Knowledge Translation Program
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital

Sarita Verma Award for Advocacy and Mentorship in Postgraduate Medicine

Postgraduate Medical Education Awards

Sharon Straus

Guestbook

  1. Incredible person, incredible career
    Barry Goldlist
  2. Congratulations Dr Strauss. This mentorship award is so well deserved. Thanks for all the support and guidance you've given me and countless other women in medicine with academic aspirations.
    Christina Reppas

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Biography

Dr. Sharon E. Straus is a geriatrician and clinical epidemiologist who trained at the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford. She is the Director of the Knowledge Translation Program and Physician-in-Chief, St. Michael’s Hospital and Professor in Department of Medicine, University of Toronto. She holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Translation and Quality of Care and has authored more than 450 peer-reviewed publications and 3 textbooks in evidence-based medicine, knowledge translation and mentorship. Since 2015, she has consistently been in the top 1% of highly cited clinical researchers as per Web of Science and has an H-index of 91. She holds more than $57 million in peer-reviewed research grants as a principal investigator. She has received national awards for mentorship, research and education.

A recent quote from Dr. Jillian Horton, which encapsulates what we all try to be: Be brave. Be kind. Be funny and be principled.

About the Award

The Sarita Verma Award for Advocacy and Mentorship in Postgraduate Medicine was established in 2010 and named after the former Vice Dean, PostMD Education (PGME). The award recognizes staff or faculty members who exhibit an exemplary level of leadership and commitment to social responsibility, mentorship, advocacy, and resident wellbeing.