Peter Singer
Fellow
Dr. Peter Singer is a leader in global health and innovation, with over 35 years of experience in building innovative institutions with high social impact. He is currently a board member of Grand Challenges Canada and the Azrieli Foundation, and Professor Emeritus at University of Toronto.
He is co-founder of the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics and Grand Challenges Canada. From 2017 to 2023, he served as the Special Advisor to the Director General of the World Health Organization.
Dr. Singer is an Officer of the Order of Canada; a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the U.S. National Academy of Medicine and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS); and was awarded the Michael Smith Prize as Canada’s Health Researcher of the Year.
He has published over 300 articles, received over $50 million in research grants, and mentored hundreds of students. He holds a MD from the University of Toronto, a MPH from Yale University, a Fellowship in Bioethics from the University of Chicago, and an AMP certificate from Harvard Business School.
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