Richard Horner
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- School: University of Toronto
- Campus: St. George Campus
- Department: Science
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Toronto, ON - Dates at University of Toronto: June 2004 - May 2007
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Biography
University of Toronto St. George Campus - Science
Author of "The Universal Pastime: Sleep & Rest Explained"; Professor of Medicine & Physiology; Canada Research Chair
Research
Richard
Horner
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
AUTHOR AND MEDIA-RELATED ACTIVITIES: Author of the book for the general public - "The Universal Pastime: Sleep and Rest Explained". Engagement with the media on various platforms (radio, television and print) related to sleep science and health. Collaboration on a short one-act play in 2013 – "Somniloquy" with the UK playwright Craig Baxter and the Menagerie Theatre Company – that dramatized the workings of the brain in sleep.
RESEARCH PROFILE: Author of over a hundred research papers and chapters in textbooks on various aspects of sleep science, medicine and health. Research identifies the brain cells and circuits underlying sleep, drug-induced sedation and anesthesia, and their impact on vital functions such as breathing and brain network activity. Holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair. Awards for research and teaching.
TEACHING AND TRAINING: Lead undergraduate and graduate teaching on sleep science at the University of Toronto. Teaching spans fundamental brain function to clinical problems. Also lead two collaborative research and training programs that bring together students, scientists and clinicians in sleep science, medicine and health.
CONSULTING: Ad-hoc consultant to companies in the private sector regarding their research programs, strategic plans, written documents/reviews and/or due diligence.
Experience
University of Toronto
Professor of Medicine and Physiology
Ongoing activities in research, education, administration and strategic planning.
Examples include:
- Group leader of an active research laboratory and teaching initiatives at the University of Toronto focussing on sleep, sedation and anesthetic sciences.
- 2010 to present: Director of "Sleep and Biological Rhythms Toronto", a team research and training program. Program spans multiple divisions, departments, faculties and institutions.
- 2013 to present: Lead of "Integrated Program in Sleep, Sedation and Anesthetic Sciences" spanning multiple divisions, departments, faculties and institutions.
- Member of multiple departmental, faculty and institutional committees.
- Science Leadership Program of the University of Toronto (selected participant, 2014)
Samples of research and teaching awards include:
- University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Graduate Teaching Award for ‘Sustained Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentorship’ (2015)
- University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Award for ‘Excellence in Linking Undergraduate Teaching to Research in Life Sciences’ (2013)University of Toronto
Canada Research Chair - Tier 1
New knowledge generated by research activities includes identification of:
- brain circuits generating sleep and awake states,
- brain mechanisms involved in the action of general anesthetics
- how muscles that are critical for effective breathing are depressed by sleep and commonly used neuro-depressive drugs like opioids,
- novel strategies to reactivate breathing when it is depressed or failingUniversity of Toronto
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Physiology
Richard worked at University of Toronto as a Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Physiology
University of Toronto
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Physiology
Richard worked at University of Toronto as a Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Physiology
Consultant
Consultant to various companies: established and start-ups
Ad-hoc consultant to established or start-up companies in the private sector regarding their research programs, strategic plans, written documents/reviews and/or due diligence.
Education
University of Pennsylvania
Post-Doctoral Research
sleep and respiratory neurobiology
University of Toronto
Post-Doctoral Research
sleep and control of breathing
University of Toronto
Professor of Medicine and Physiology
Ongoing activities in research, education, administration and strategic planning. Examples include: - Group leader of an active research laboratory and teaching initiatives at the University of Toronto focussing on sleep, sedation and anesthetic sciences. - 2010 to present: Director of "Sleep and Biological Rhythms Toronto", a team research and training program. Program spans multiple divisions, departments, faculties and institutions. - 2013 to present: Lead of "Integrated Program in Sleep, Sedation and Anesthetic Sciences" spanning multiple divisions, departments, faculties and institutions. - Member of multiple departmental, faculty and institutional committees. - Science Leadership Program of the University of Toronto (selected participant, 2014) Samples of research and teaching awards include: - University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Graduate Teaching Award for ‘Sustained Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentorship’ (2015) - University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Award for ‘Excellence in Linking Undergraduate Teaching to Research in Life Sciences’ (2013)University of Toronto
Canada Research Chair - Tier 1
New knowledge generated by research activities includes identification of: - brain circuits generating sleep and awake states, - brain mechanisms involved in the action of general anesthetics - how muscles that are critical for effective breathing are depressed by sleep and commonly used neuro-depressive drugs like opioids, - novel strategies to reactivate breathing when it is depressed or failingUniversity of Toronto
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Physiology
University of Toronto
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Physiology
University of London
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Physiology
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