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About Dr. Mekhail:

Karim is a tenured Full Professor at the University of Toronto. He has been recognized with many honors and awards, including the Royal Society of Canada membership, the Canada Governor General Gold Medal in the Sciences, the Maud-Menten Investigator Prize, the Lap-Chee Tsui Prize, and the Ontario Early Researcher Award. Karim joined the University of Toronto after completing his postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Career Path:

Full Professor (Tenured) and Principal Investigator, Lab. Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto (2021-)

Member, Royal Society of Canada, (2021-)

Member, Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education in Medicine (2020-)

Co-Associate Chair of Life Science Education and Co-Undergraduate Coordinator, Lab. Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto (2019-2023)

Associate Professor (Tenured) and Principal Investigator, Lab. Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto (2015-2021)

Canada Research Chair in Spatial Genome Organization (Renewal), University of Toronto (2016-2020)

Full Member, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto (2010-)

Canada Research Chair in Spatial Genome Organization, University of Toronto (2011-2015)

Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator, Lab. Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto (2009-2015)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2006-2009)

Doctorate, Cellular & Molecular Medicine (Specialization in Cancer, Growth & Development), University of Ottawa (2002-2006)

B.Sc. in Biopharmaceutical Sciences (Specialization in Medicinal Chemistry), University of Ottawa (1998-2002)