====== Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre ======

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The **Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre** is an academic health science centre located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

===== History =====

==== COVID-19 ====

Sunnybrook received a $50,000 CAD grant in July 2021 from the [[Government of Canada]] for a project titled "A Nudge for COVID Vaccine Confidence."((//Encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada - Competition Results.// (2021, July 26). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Retrieved November 3, 2021, from https://archive.ph/Zo5b5)) It was awarded through a grant program called //"Encouraging Vaccine Confidence in Canada"// jointly administered by the [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR), [[Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council]] (NSERC) and the [[Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council]] (SSHRC).((//Encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada.// (2021, July 26). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Retrieved November 3, 2021, from https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Promoter-Promotion/VaccineConfidence_eng.asp))

===== Affiliations =====

==== Staff ====

^ Name  ^ Position  ^ Department  ^ Notes  ^
| [[Mary Bell]]  | Associate Scientist in Evaluative Clinical Sciences and clinician investigator; Division Head and Staff Rheumatologist, Division of Rheumatology  | [[Sunnybrook Research Institute]]; Department of Medicine at [[Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre]]  | [[College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario]]  |
| [[Kashif Pirzada]]  | Emergency Doctor  | [[Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre]] Emergency Department  | [[College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario]]  |

===== Funding =====

Sunnybrook has received at least $10,000,000.00 in funding from [[City of Toronto]] Mayor [[John Tory]]; at least $2,500,000.00 from [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Amgen]] and [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Roche]]; at least $1,000,000.00 from [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Abbott]], [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Novartis]] and [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Eli Lilly]]; at least $500,000.00 from [[:pharmaceutical_companies:AstraZeneca]], [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Covidien]], [[:pharmaceutical_companies:GlaxoSmithKline]], [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Merck]] and [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Pfizer]]; at least $250,000.00 from [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Allergan]], [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Bayer]], [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Bristol-Myers Squibb]], [[Canadian National Railway]] (whose primary stakeholders are [[Bill Gates|Bill]] and [[Melinda Gates]])((Pratt, S. (2021, February 4). //Bill Gates owns largest ownership stake at CN.// The Western Producer. Retrieved November 30, 2021, from https://www.producer.com/news/bill-gates-owns-largest-ownership-stake-at-cn/)) ((Shecter, B. (2021, May 5). //Melinda Gates now among largest CN shareholders after marital split stock transfer.// Financial Post. Retrieved November 30, 2021, from https://financialpost.com/news/melinda-gates-now-among-largest-cn-shareholders-after-marital-split-stock-transfer)) ((Dobby, C. (2021, May 15). //How did Bill Gates end up owning $13 billion worth of Canada’s biggest railway?// Toronto Star. Retrieved November 30, 2021, from https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/05/15/how-did-bill-gates-end-up-owning-13-billion-worth-of-canadas-biggest-railway.html)) [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Janssen]] (a [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Johnson & Johnson]] company), [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Medivolve]], [[Monsanto]], [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Synthes]] (a [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Johnson & Johnson]] company) and the [[University of Toronto]] Department of Medicine; at least $100,000.00 from [[:pharmaceutical_companies:AbbVie]], [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Apotex]], [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Astellas]], [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Biogen]], [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Johnson & Johnson]] and [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Novopharm]]; at least $50,000.00 from [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Alexion]] Pharma, [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Zimmer Biomet]], and [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Pharmacia]]; and many other donors of interest.((Sunnybrook Foundation. //Our donors - Your Impact.// Retrieved December 1, 2021, from https://sunnybrook.ca/foundation/your-impact/our-donors-2021.html))