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The Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital is one of the world’s leading centres in biomedical research. Our researchers are exceptional experts in systems biology, women’s and infants’ health, cancer biology, stem cell biology, neurobiology, diabetes, arthritis and genetic disorder research.

 
  • Lunenfeld researchers publish more than 300 papers in leading scientific journals every year.
  • Over 200 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and clinical research fellows are trained at the Lunenfeld each year.
  • Fifteen Lunenfeld investigators (more than one third) are Canada Research Chairs, and the Lunenfeld is also home to a Canada Excellence Research Chair.
  • Lunenfeld scientists currently hold more than $200 million in grants and awards. In the most recent Canadian Institutes of Health Research funding competition, Lunenfeld scientists secured double the national average in grants.
  • Almost 90 per cent of the Lunenfeld’s funding is derived from competitive research granting agencies.
  • 40 per cent of Lunenfeld trainees receive external competitive funding to an average total of $2 million per year.
  • The Lunenfeld’s educational youth outreach program SciHigh, delivers hands-on science workshops to more than 4,500 elementary and high school students each year, many from impoverished neighborhoods.
     

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