Rhian Touyz, MD, PhD, Professor at the Department of Family Medicine and Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer of the Research Institute of the Ď㽶ĘÓƵ Health Centre (RI-MUHC), is among the Royal Society of Canada’s (RSC) newest Fellows. She is recognized for her research advancing the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart and circulatory diseases. She is also a Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine (Tier I).
Dr. Touyz is among 104 new Fellows and 56 Members from across the country announced by the RSC on September 3, 2024.
“McGill’s new cohort of Royal Society of Canada Fellows and Members are not only exceptional individuals but are, in many ways, the very embodiment of the university,” said Dominique Bérubé, Vice-President, Research and Innovation. “Their transformative contributions, from advancing equitable and inclusive public policies to enriching French-language literature, reflect the core of McGill’s mission and impact.”
“McGill exists because of their work and their success is the university’s success,” she added. “The entire McGill community celebrates and congratulates them on these well-deserved honours.”
The new Fellows, elected by their peers, are being honoured for outstanding achievement and impact, including contributions to public life. They join more than 2,500 distinguished Canadian scholars, artists and scientists already named to one of the three Academies: Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Science.
The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists is Canada’s first national system of multidisciplinary recognition for emerging intellectual leaders. It has more than 400 Members who have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments in their disciplines and are within 15 years of having received their PhD or disciplinary equivalent. Members of the College are elected for seven-year terms.
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