about SRI
Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI) is a research and teaching institute at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, which is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. SRI has more than 300 scientists and clinician-scientists doing work in 350,000 square feet of research space. SRI scientists are internationally recognized experts in their fields that are working to invent the future of health care.
Working with SRI scientists are almost 600 highly skilled biomedical and research personnel (including research associates, engineers, physicists, laboratory technicians and research assistants), and more than 400 postdoctoral and other trainees. SRI activities are organized within a research-disciplinary matrix, comprising strategic clinical programs: cancer, heart & circulation, musculoskeletal, brain sciences, women & babies, trauma, emergency & critical care, and integrated community. The research platforms correspond to the methods of scientific inquiry: Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences, and Evaluative Clinical Sciences. Dr. Stefanovic and seven other current SRI researchers hold Canada Research Chairs, the most prestigious award granted by the federal government of Canada. All scientists at SRI are professors in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Toronto. Using physics, mathematics and engineering to develop and improve ways to visualize molecules, cells, tissues, organs and whole organisms, researchers in the Physical Sciences platform at SRI are creating image databases and devising new ways to extract and interpret imaging data.
SRI houses the world’s first Centre for Research in Image-Guided Therapeutics (CeRIGT), a leading hub for research, education, provision of medical services, and commercialization of cutting edge medical imaging and related technologies. The CeRIGT encompasses the full spectrum of translation research, ranging from laboratory development & preclinical research to clinical trials and post clinical evaluation.
There is a comprehensive gamut of imaging infrastructure for clinical and preclinical research available at SRI as a result of sustained support from all levels of government in addition to philanthropic contributions, including 6 MRI scanners (with representation from every major manufacturer), 4 clinical and 4 pre-clinical MRI-guided focused ultrasound systems, an MR/PET scanner, an X-Ray CT, a microCT, a preclinical PET/SPECT system, two multi- photon fluorescence microscopes, an array of high frequency ultrasound systems and multiple systems for electrophysiological recordings, in addition to facilities for neuropsychological and behavioural assessments. SRI also houses a device development laboratory along with radiofrequency coil design and manufacturing lab. This depth of infrastructure is not available elsewhere, and combined with its exceptional scientists and research personnel, SRI is uniquely suited to achieve it’s core vision: to better understand disease, and to develop diagnostics and precise treatments that enhance and extend life.
Click on the image below to be taken to the SRI home page, or download an SRI fact sheet here.
