Vivek Goel

Vivek Goel CM is a physician and public health researcher. He was also a university administrator, serving as a special advisor to the president and provost of the University of Toronto, and as a professor for the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.[1] In November 2020, Goel was named as the seventh president of University of Waterloo, and is expected to assume the position on 1 July 2021.[2]

Vivek Goel
EducationMaster’s degrees in Health (University of Toronto) and Biostatistics (Harvard School of Public Health)
MD from McGill University
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
Harvard School of Public Health
McGill University
OccupationPhysician, professor, and university administrator
AwardsMember of the Order of Canada

Goel began his career as an assistant professor with the University of Toronto's Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, and was later named the chair of the Department of Health Administration.[1] From 1999 to 2001, he served as the Vice-Provost of the Faculty of Medicine, before becoming the Vice-President and Provost of the university from 2004 to 2008.[1] Goel left the University of Toronto, in 2008, to serve as the first president for Public Health Ontario. Goel returned to the university in 2015 to serve as its Vice-President of Research and Innovation, and Strategic Initiatives, holding the office until 2020.[1] In June 2020, Goel stepped down from his position at the University of Toronto in order to support the Canadian government's COVID-19 Immunity Task Force and the CanCOVID Research Network.[3]

On 2 December 2020, Dr. Goel was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada "[f]or his contributions as an academic and administrator who is committed to the advancement of public health services, evidence-based health care and research innovation."[4][5]

Honours
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Member of the Order of Canada (C.M.)
  • Awarded on 2 December 2020.[4]
  • Not yet invested as of December 2020.[5]

References
  1. "Vivek Goel". www.dlsph.utoronto.ca. University of Toronto. 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. "Vivek Goel named president and vice-chancellor of the University of Waterloo". University of Waterloo. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  3. "Vivek Goel among recipients of Order of Canada". uwaterloo.ca. University of Waterloo. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. "Dr. Vivek Goel". www.gg.ca. Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  5. "Governor General Announces 61 New Appointments to the Order of Canada". www.gg.ca. Governor General of Canada. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.


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