About me
Dr Peter Singer is a leader in global health and innovation, with over 35 years of experience in building innovative institutions with high social impact. He is currently a board member of Grand Challenges 🇨🇦 and the Azrieli Foundation, and Professor Emeritus at University of Toronto.
He is co-founder of the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics and Grand Challenges 🇨🇦. From 2017 to 2023, he served as the Special Advisor to the Director General of the World Health Organization.
Dr Singer is an Officer of the Order of Canada; a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the U.S. National Academy of Medicine and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS); and was awarded the Michael Smith Prize as Canada’s Health Researcher of the Year.
He has published over 300 articles, received over $50 million in research grants, and mentored hundreds of students. He holds a MD from the University of Toronto, a MPH from Yale University, a Fellowship in Bioethics from the University of Chicago, and an AMP certificate from Harvard Business School.
