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Harvard Business School. University of Toronto. Harvard University.
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He is also Professor of Medicine at University of Toronto. Doctor Singer is the Foreign Secretary of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, and chaired the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences’ assessment on Canada"s Strategic Role in Global Health. He has advised the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the United Nations Secretary General’s office, the Government of Canada, Pepsi Cola, BioVeda China Venture Capital Fund, and several African governments on global health.
He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, the United States. Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, and The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS).
He co-authored, along with Doctor Abdallah Daar, The Grandest Challenge: Taking Life-Saving Science from Laboratory to Village. Singer has published over 300 research articles, received over $50 million in research grants, and mentored hundreds of university students.
He studied internal medicine at University of Toronto, medical ethics at University of Chicago, public health at Yale University, and management at Harvard Business School. He has served his community as Board Chair of Branksome Hall, an internationally minded school for girls.
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In 2014, he was named Company-Chair of Every Woman Every Child’s Innovation Working Group, which is aimed at harnessing the power of innovation to accelerate progress towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals. In 2007, Singer received the Michael Smith Prize as Canada"s Health Researcher of the Year in Population Health and Health Services. On June 30, 2011, Singer was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada for his contributions to health research and bioethics, and for his dedication to improving the health of people in developing countries.
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Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.