University Health Network
| University Health Network | |
|---|---|
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| Geography | |
| Location |  Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Organization | |
| Care system | medicare |
| Hospital type | Teaching and Research |
| Affiliated university | University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine |
| Services | |
| Standards | tertiary care |
| Beds | 767 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.uhn.ca/ |
University Health Network (UHN) is a clinical healthcare and biomedical scientific research organization in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that owns and operates four major hospitals and scientific research centres, namely:
- Toronto Western Hospital
- Toronto General Hospital
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
- Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
These teaching hospitals are affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Each has scientific research departments which study cancer from a non-clinical perspective.
Research
The organization devotes C$150 million a year to research. The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre specializes in the study of bioinformatics.
Education
the Network trains more than 3000 undergraduate, graduate and medical students. Physicians, scientists and researchers at the organization collaborate extensively with the University of Toronto, where many of them hold professorial appointments.
Outreach
One of the Network's initiatives is the National Eating Disorder Information Centre, a non-profit organization which disseminates information about eating disorders and preoccupation with food and weight gain.[1]
Awards and Accolades
University Health Network is ranked 1st in Canada in terms of research funding by Research Infosource Inc's "Canada's Top 40 Research Hospitals 2012". In 2008, University Health Network was named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers by Mediacorp Canada and was named one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers by the Toronto Star.[2]
References
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