{"id":93,"date":"2010-07-08T08:22:27","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T15:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fcihr.ca\/prize\/prizewinners\/shirley-m-tilghman"},"modified":"2020-10-29T13:17:24","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T20:17:24","slug":"shirley-m-tilghman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fcihr.ca\/prize\/prizewinners\/shirley-m-tilghman","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fcihr.ca\/prize\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/citation-2010-friesen-prize-shirley-tilghman.pdf\" title=\"Citation - 2010 Friesen Prize - Shirley Tilghman\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fcihr.ca\/prize\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/citation-2010-friesen-prize-shirley-tilghman.JPG\" alt=\"Citation - 2010 Friesen Prize - Shirley Tilghman\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fcihr.ca\/prize\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/smt-photo.jpg\" title=\"Shirley Tilghman\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fcihr.ca\/prize\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/smt-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Shirley Tilghman\" class=\"alignleft\" align=\"left\" height=\"378\" width=\"250\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/c3Vklrcj3lQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/shirley_ottawa_notlive_btn.jpg\" class=\"centered\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ibk0YyQ4cqQ\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"270\" width=\"375\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Shirley M. Tilghman was elected Princeton University&#8217;s 19th president on May 5, 2001, and assumed office on June 15, 2001. An exceptional teacher and a world-renowned scholar and leader in the field of molecular biology, she served on the Princeton faculty for 15 years before being named president.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Tilghman, a native of Canada, received her Honors B.Sc. in chemistry from Queen&#8217;s University in Kingston, Ontario, in 1968. After two years of secondary school teaching in Sierra Leone, West Africa, she obtained her Ph.D. in biochemistry from Temple University in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">During postdoctoral studies at the National Institutes of Health, she made a number of groundbreaking discoveries while participating in cloning the first mammalian gene, and then continued to make scientific breakthroughs as an independent investigator at the Institute for Cancer Research in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Tilghman came to Princeton in 1986 as the Howard A. Prior Professor of the Life Sciences. Two years later, she also joined the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as an investigator. In 1998, she took on additional responsibilities as the founding director of Princeton&#8217;s multi-disciplinary Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">A member of the National Research Council&#8217;s committee that set the blueprint for the U.S. effort in the Human Genome Project, Tilghman also was one of the founding members of the National Advisory Council of the Human Genome Project for the National Institutes of Health.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">She is renowned for her pioneering research in mammalian developmental genetics, for her national leadership on behalf of women in science, and for promoting efforts to make the early careers of young scientists as meaningful and productive as possible.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">From 1993 through 2000, Tilghman chaired Princeton&#8217;s Council on Science and Technology, which encourages the teaching of science and technology to students outside the sciences, and in 1996 she received Princeton&#8217;s President&#8217;s Award for Distinguished Teaching. She initiated the Princeton Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship, a program across all the science and engineering disciplines that brings postdoctoral students to Princeton each year to gain experience in both research and teaching.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">In 2002, Tilghman was one of five winners of the L&#8217;Or\u00e9al-UNESCO Award for Women in Science. In the following year, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Developmental Biology, and in 2007, she was awarded the Genetics Society of America Medal for outstanding contributions to her field.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Tilghman is a member of the American Philosophical Society, the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the Royal Society of London. She serves as a trustee of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, and as a director of Google Inc.<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\">MEDIA<\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>November 29, 2011 &#8211; Shirley M. Tilghman (2010 Friesen Prizewinner) will Co-Chair the next Canada Excellence Research Chairs Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 align=\"justify\">Government of Canada launches new competition for 10 Canada Excellence Research Chairs<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-transform: uppercase\" align=\"justify\">Announcement builds on early successes of flagship Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) Program<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>(WATERLOO, ONTARIO, November 28, 2011)<\/strong>\u2014The  Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology),  today announced the launch of a competition to fund 10 new Canada  Excellence Research Chairs.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of  supporting leading-edge research and world-class researchers,&#8221; said  Minister Goodyear. &#8220;Canada Excellence Research Chairholders are some of  the world&#8217;s leading minds, and their presence in our universities will  create jobs and long-term economic growth, as well as enable Canada to  be at the cutting edge of innovative research.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The federal government is committing $53.5 million over five  years for the creation of the 10 new chairs. Their work will enable  Canada to be at the leading edge of research breakthroughs that are  expected to generate significant social and economic benefits for all  Canadians.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Launched in 2008, the CERC program was designed to attract  and retain the world&#8217;s best researchers. The first group of chairholders  was announced in May 2010, and they have each demonstrated exceptional  leadership in their fields of research at institutions across the  country.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&#8220;The focus on the digital economy as a key area of research  will help put Canada at the forefront of a field that is of vital  importance to our future prosperity,&#8221; said Chad Gaffield, president of  the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)  and chair of the program&#8217;s steering committee. &#8220;The Canada Excellence  Research Chairs Program helps Canadian universities compete in the  global market for research talent, and this new competition will further  strengthen Canada&#8217;s hand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Chairholders will be selected through a highly competitive  and rigorous two-stage process. In Phase 1, Canadian universities will  compete for the opportunity to establish chairs at their institution. In  Phase 2, short-listed universities will nominate leading researchers to  a limited number of positions. An independent selection board  recommends the appointment of chairholders to the program steering  committee, based on the highest standards of research excellence. Derek  Burney, senior strategic advisor to Norton Rose OR  LLP, and Shirley  Tilghman, president of Princeton University, have been appointed chair  and co-chair of the selection board, respectively.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&#8220;This announcement is very good news for the Canadian  research community,&#8221; said Suzanne Fortier, president of the Natural  Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). &#8220;The   presence in our universities of the Canada Excellence Research Chairs  significantly strengthens Canada&#8217;s research capacity and enables Canada  to be at the cutting edge of innovative research.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&#8220;The new competition shows that Canada is serious about  research,&#8221; said Alain Beaudet, president of the Canadian Institutes of  Health Research (CIHR). &#8220;The Canada Excellence Research Chairs Program  is part of a powerful suite of funding programs that supports  researchers at every stage of their career and enhances Canada&#8217;s  standing as a global centre of excellence in research, innovation and  higher learning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Further details about the competition are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cerc.gc.ca\/\">www.cerc.gc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please contact:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephanie Thomas<\/strong><br \/>\nSpecial Assistant (Communications)<br \/>\nOffice of the Honourable Gary Goodyear<br \/>\nMinister of State (Science and Technology)<br \/>\nTel.: 613-960-7728<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Adams<\/strong><br \/>\nCommunications Advisor<br \/>\nCanada Excellence Research Chairs Program<br \/>\nSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:michael.adams@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca\">michael.adams@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca<\/a><br \/>\nTel.: 613-944-1758<br \/>\nCell: 613-219-7523<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shirley M. 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