Dr. Black elected to Royal Society of Canada
Dr. Sandra Black, O.Ont., Brill Chair in Neurology in our Department of Medicine and of the University of Toronto, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC).
Election to the academies of the RSC, founded in 1882, is the highest honour a scholar can achieve in the Arts, Humanities and Sciences. Fellows are elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievements.
Dr. Black, an internationally-recognized leader and clinical trialist in both stroke and dementia research, uses leading-edge neuroimaging techniques for detection, diagnosis, monitoring outcomes and studying brain-behaviour relationships; she will be inducted to the RSC during the Induction and Awards Ceremony on November 17, 2012 in Ottawa.
Join @SunnybrookHSC for a live Twitter chat on Friday, Sept. 21 at 12pm EDT. Dr. Black will answer your questions about the impact of strokes on dementia and Alzheimer's Disease.
Tweet questions in advance or during the chat by using the hashtag #strokechat.